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incite
verb
Provoke or stir up
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ɪnˈsaɪt
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verb
Provoke or stir up
“Incite a riot”
verb
Urge on; cause to act
“The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window”
verb
Give an incentive for action
“This moved me to sacrifice my career”
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Incite a riot
Set off great unrest among the people
The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window
This moved me to sacrifice my career
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