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" It has too often been too easy for rulers and governments to incite man to war."
Lester B. Pearson

Meaning of "incite" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD INCITE

From Latin incitāre, from in-² + citāre to excite.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF INCITE

ɪnˈsaɪt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INCITE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Incite is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb incite in English.

WHAT DOES INCITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Incite

Incite is a strategic market research consultancy headquartered in central London and own by the St Ives Group. The company was founded in 2000 by Elaine Kent-Smith and Sid Simmons. Incite currently has offices in London, New York and Singapore, with an upcoming one in Shanghai. The company claims to have expertise in branding, innovation, segmentation, behavioral change and pricing, and focuses on the following four segments: technology, FMCG, healthcare and financial services. The company is currently led by Roger Banks, who serves as the Group Managing Director.

Definition of incite in the English dictionary

The definition of incite in the dictionary is to stir up or provoke to action.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO INCITE

PRESENT

Present
I incite
you incite
he/she/it incites
we incite
you incite
they incite
Present continuous
I am inciting
you are inciting
he/she/it is inciting
we are inciting
you are inciting
they are inciting
Present perfect
I have incited
you have incited
he/she/it has incited
we have incited
you have incited
they have incited
Present perfect continuous
I have been inciting
you have been inciting
he/she/it has been inciting
we have been inciting
you have been inciting
they have been inciting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I incited
you incited
he/she/it incited
we incited
you incited
they incited
Past continuous
I was inciting
you were inciting
he/she/it was inciting
we were inciting
you were inciting
they were inciting
Past perfect
I had incited
you had incited
he/she/it had incited
we had incited
you had incited
they had incited
Past perfect continuous
I had been inciting
you had been inciting
he/she/it had been inciting
we had been inciting
you had been inciting
they had been inciting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will incite
you will incite
he/she/it will incite
we will incite
you will incite
they will incite
Future continuous
I will be inciting
you will be inciting
he/she/it will be inciting
we will be inciting
you will be inciting
they will be inciting
Future perfect
I will have incited
you will have incited
he/she/it will have incited
we will have incited
you will have incited
they will have incited
Future perfect continuous
I will have been inciting
you will have been inciting
he/she/it will have been inciting
we will have been inciting
you will have been inciting
they will have been inciting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would incite
you would incite
he/she/it would incite
we would incite
you would incite
they would incite
Conditional continuous
I would be inciting
you would be inciting
he/she/it would be inciting
we would be inciting
you would be inciting
they would be inciting
Conditional perfect
I would have incite
you would have incite
he/she/it would have incite
we would have incite
you would have incite
they would have incite
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been inciting
you would have been inciting
he/she/it would have been inciting
we would have been inciting
you would have been inciting
they would have been inciting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you incite
we let´s incite
you incite
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to incite
Past participle
incited
Present Participle
inciting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INCITE

accite · cite · dissight · excite · hindsight · insight · miscite · on-site · out-of-sight · outasight · outasite · overexcite · preexcite · recite · reincite · resight · resite · site · unsight · website

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INCITE

incisiform · incision · incisive · incisively · incisiveness · incisor · incisorial · incisory · incisural · incisure · incitable · incitant · incitation · incitative · incitement · inciter · incitingly · incivilities · incivility · incivism

WORDS THAT END LIKE INCITE

anthracite · benedicite · boracite · brucite · calcite · chalcocite · dacite · dulcite · hydrozincite · kamacite · leucite · lucite · omphacite · phenacite · plebiscite · pollucite · scolecite · sericite · variscite · zincite

Synonyms and antonyms of incite in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INCITE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «incite» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «incite» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF INCITE

Find out the translation of incite to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of incite from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «incite» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

煽动
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

incitar
570 millions of speakers
en

English

incite
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

उत्तेजित
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التحريض
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

подстрекать
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

incitar
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

উদ্দীপ্ত করা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

inciter
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Menghasut
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

aufhetzen
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

扇動する
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

선동하다
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Incite
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khêu gợi
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

தூண்டிவிடுதல்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

चिथावणी देणे
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

kışkırtmak
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

istigare
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

podburzać
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

підбурювати
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

incita
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υποκινούν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aanhits
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hetsa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

egge
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of incite

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INCITE»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of incite
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «incite».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about incite

EXAMPLES

8 QUOTES WITH «INCITE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word incite.
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Will Ferrell
I always just forced myself to do crazy things in public. In college I would push an overhead projector across campus with my pants just low enough to show my butt. Then my friend would incite the crowd to be like, 'Look at that idiot!' That's how I got over being shy.
2
Hans Kung
Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts.
3
Audre Lorde
The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.
4
Inga Muscio
Words outlive people, institutions, civilizations. Words spur images, associations, memories, inspirations and synapse pulsations. Words send off physical resonations of thought into the nethersphere. Words hurt, soothe, inspire, demean, demand, incite, pacify, teach, romance, pervert, unite, divide. Words be powerful.
5
Emmeline Pankhurst
There is something that Governments care for far more than human life, and that is the security of property, and so it is through property that we shall strike the enemy. Be militant each in your own way. I incite this meeting to rebellion.
6
Tony Parsons
If someone does something illegal on Twitter - like incite hatred, or make racist remarks, or threaten to rip someone's intestines out if they insult Justin Bieber - then there has to be some way of censuring them.
7
Lester B. Pearson
It has too often been too easy for rulers and governments to incite man to war.
8
Andrew Stanton
Working at Pixar you learn the really honest, hard way of making a great movie, which is to surround yourself with people who are much smarter than you, much more talented than you, and incite constructive criticism; you'll get a much better movie out of it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INCITE»

Discover the use of incite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to incite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Incite
This true story reveals the horrific details of life behind bars.
Raymond A. Grenier, 2011
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Richard and Adolf: Did Richard Wagner Incite Adolf Hitler to ...
Without seeking sensationalism, this book does not shrink from exploring their seedier side, including their sexual dalliances and perversions, in its quest to understand the full range of factors that led to Hitler's pursuit of the ...
Christopher Nicholson, 2007
3
The Color of Violence: The Incite! Anthology
The Color of Violence radically expands our understandings about violence against women, and how to end it.
Incite! Women of Color Against Violence, 2006
4
Conscious Women Rock the Page: Using Hip-Hop Fiction to ...
Three award-winning activists and novelists-Black Artemis, E-Fierce, and J-Love, join social justice educator Marcella Runell Hall and a diverse team of seasoned educators to develop this collection of engaging and timely standards ...
Marcella Runell Hall, 2008
5
Incite
They provide insights into the choices you make every day. Open the book to any chapter and start reading...see if you can stop after just one tale.
Scott Ski, 2007
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Incite Aloud, Insight Allowed
How I Really Feel About That Special Time of Year... Happy Holidays everyone, be it him or her! U might think it's all so super Maybe even feel more hyper But more often than never U get to pay for it much sooner than later... Get to know me a ...
7
InfoWorld
HHMMM. Incite. masters. multimedia. networking. □. NT. communications. server . connects. to. networks. via. PBX. interface. Unison. Software. hands. the. LAN. reins. to. Unix. administrators. Tool. models. network. traffic. over. routers.
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REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES: SEVEN VOLUMES.
In the First Case, the Act to which the Publication tended to incite would be an Attempt to subvert Her Majesty's Government. In the Second and Third Cases, the Act to which the Publication tended to incite would naturally amount to a similar ...
‎1843
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms
incentive. incite. incentive inducement, »motive, spring, spur, goad, impulse Ana »stimulus, incitement, stimulant, excitant, impetus: provoking or provocation, excitement, stimulation (see corresponding verbs at PROVOKE): reason, »cause,  ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1984
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Conspiracy and attempts: a consultation paper
(2) D1 incites D2 to incite D3 to commit an offence. (3) D1 conspires with D2 to incite D3 to commit an offence. (4) D1 incites D2 to conspire with D1 and D3 to commit an offence (5) D1 attempts to form a conspiracy with D2 to commit an offence ...
‎2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INCITE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term incite is used in the context of the following news items.
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FBI agent: Man had odd plan to incite violence in Ferguson …
ST. LOUIS (KTVI) – A St. Louis man accused of stockpiling weapons and ammunition in an effort to shoot police and incite violence during ... «fox2now.com, Jul 15»
2
Syria airstrikes: Bombing campaign could be playing into Isis's …
Is it right to incite ISIS, or indeed not to incite them – but to play into their hands and be martyrs.” In response to a freedom of information request ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
3
SeaWorld suspends employee accused of infiltrating PETA | AL.com
SeaWorld suspended an employee accused of posing for years as an animal-rights activist and trying to incite violence among peaceful ... «AL.com, Jul 15»
4
Student blows $90K college fund, blames parents | News OK
Atlanta radio show “The Bert Show” had a guest on this week who has managed to incite the rage of just about every millennial in the state of ... «NewsOK.com, Jul 15»
5
Fresno bans confederate flag on city property | abc30.com
Capozzi said, "Somebody coming into city hall carrying a flag, is that going to be a problem, it might incite a riot it may incite fights it that's the ... «ABC30.com, Jul 15»
6
Police warn of potential traffic disruptions due to planned protests in …
“The same goes for anyone who attempts to cause disharmony or incite conflict with those who may hold opposing views,” Assistant ... «NSW Police Online, Jul 15»
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UGC tells universities to avoid content which advance agenda …
Amid a raging debate over the freedom of media showing content that may incite terror acts, UGC recommended that "media policy should ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
8
SeaWorld suspends worker accused of posing as activist to incite
SeaWorld suspended an employee accused of posing for years as an animal-rights activist and trying to incite violence among peaceful ... «CTV News, Jul 15»
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Incite, 'The Slaughter' - Exclusive Lyric Video Premiere
Incite are now three albums and two EPs into their career, and the band's audience is ever growing. As such, they've just re-released their 2009 ... «Loudwire, Jul 15»
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SeaWorld Infiltrated Animal Rights Group to Incite Violence
The U.S.-based company used its human resources employee to incite activists in protests to use violence against SeaWorld thus undermining ... «teleSUR English, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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