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Meaning of incite

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  incite
      v 1: give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice
           my career" [syn: {motivate}, {actuate}, {propel}, {move},
           {prompt}, {incite}]
      2: provoke or stir up; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest
         among the people" [syn: {incite}, {instigate}, {set off},
         {stir up}]
      3: urge on; cause to act; "The other children egged the boy on,
         but he did not want to throw the stone through the window"
         [syn: {prod}, {incite}, {egg on}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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