From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishincitein‧cite /ɪnˈsaɪt/ verb [transitive] CAUSEto deliberately encourage people to fight, argue etc → encourage They were charged with inciting racial hatred.incite somebody to do something a person who incites others to commit an offenceincite somebody to something There was no evidence that he had incited members of the group to violence. —incitement noun [countable, uncountable] incitement to murder→ See Verb table
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incite• Holland denied that he was inciting a riot.• Both are accused of inciting and participating in the massacre of hundreds of Tutsis in Kibungo in 1994.• Self-defacement, inciting anti-Soviet attitudes, it's all in the penal code.• And both events have further encouraged and incited Arab rejectionists such as Hamas.• His approach has incited even more intense debate among Democrats.• For sure she creates disruption, signifies abnormality, and incites lewdness in others.• The mutiny was not Communist-inspired, but the spirit of rebellion was exploited to incite peasant risings.• Powerful traditions call for its refusal; but nationalist pride may incite people to accept what they would instinctively reject.• Republicans have complained that Democrats are using Social Security scare tactics to incite seniors groups and others to oppose the constitutional amendment.• She was charged with inciting the crowd to violence.• Four men were arrested for inciting the riot.• Tribal leaders are accused of inciting their followers to attack rival tribes.incite somebody to do something• In 1962, Mandela was arrested for inciting black workers to break the law by striking.Origin incite (1400-1500) French inciter, from Latin citare “to cause to start moving” 