incite

CEFRC1

/ɪnˈsaɪt/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To encourage people to act violently or wrongly.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To entreat an act.

Examples

  • He however says the government will not condone pronouncements that incite violence and chaos.

  • The speaker tried to incite the people to rebellion.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ɪnsajʈ/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To instigate a specific incident.

  2. To call into action.

More examples

In context

  • The judge was told by the accused that his friends had incited him to commit the crime.

  • incite people to violence

  • Human rights groups blame the anti-Rohingya propaganda for inciting murders, rapes and the largest forced human migration in recent history.

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Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The angry speech was meant to blank the crowd to violent protest against the government.

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Origin

verb

From Middle French inciter, from Latin incitō (“to set in motion, hasten, urge, incite”), from in (“in, on”) + citō (“to set in motion, urge”), frequentative of cieō (“to rouse, excite, call”).