VERB | creation | incite, motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt | give an incentive for action / action |
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communication | incite, instigate, set off, stir up | provoke or stir ... / stir up | |
contact | incite, prod, egg on | urge on |
Sounds | ihnsay't | |
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Rhymes | acolyte ... write: 181 rhymes with ayt... |
Meaning | Give an incentive for action / action. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | |
Model | They incite him to write the letter | |
Synonyms | motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt | |
Broader | cause, do, make | give rise to |
Similar to | affect, impress, move, strike | Have an emotional or cognitive impact / impact upon |
move | Arouse sympathy or compassion in | |
Spanish | incitar, instigar, motivar, propulsar | |
Catalan | incitar, instigar, motivar | |
Nouns | incitation | something that incites or provokes |
incitement | needed encouragement |
Meaning | Provoke or stir ... / stir up. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | |
Example | "incite a riot" | |
Synonyms | instigate, set off, stir up | |
Cause to | act, move | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
Narrower | raise | activate or stir up |
Broader | provoke, stimulate | Provide the needed stimulus for |
Spanish | incitar, instigar, levantar, provocar | |
Catalan | incitar | |
Adjectives | incitive | arousing to action or rebellion |
Nouns | incitation, incitement | an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating / instigating |
incitation | something that incites or provokes | |
inciter | someone who deliberately foments trouble |
Meaning | urge on; cause to act. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | prod, egg on | |
Narrower | goad | urge with or as if with a goad |
goose | prod into action | |
halloo | urge on with shouts | |
Spanish | incitar | |
Catalan | incitar | |
Nouns | incitation | an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating / instigating |
incitement, incitation | something that incites or provokes | |
inciter | someone who deliberately foments trouble |
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