| 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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