Another word for incite
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Verb
To stir to action or feeling
- a complete medical study of a patient, including a thorough examination, laboratory tests, a survey of the patient's case history, etc.
- an unwanted mark on a printed page caused by the rising of spacing material
- The lever pressed by the finger to discharge a firearm.
- A similar device used to release or activate a mechanism.
- An event that precipitates other events.
- (idiomatic) To start; to cause, especially used for unstable situations that may magnify if disturbed.
- To rouse to action or increased activity; excite:
- To increase temporarily the activity of (a body organ or system, for example).
- To cause to be interested or engaged:
- A short spike or spiked wheel that attaches to the heel of a rider's boot and is used to urge a horse forward.
- An incentive:
- A spinelike process on the leg of some birds.
- To incite to anger or resentment:
- To stir to action or feeling:
- To give rise to; bring about:
- To cause to move forward or onward.
- To cause to develop or progress:
- Being on time; punctual.
- Carried out or performed without delay:
- To move to act; spur; incite:
- To jab or poke, as with a pointed object.
- To goad to action; incite.
- A pointed object used to prod:
- The act of piercing or pricking.
- The sensation of being pierced or pricked.
- A persistent or sharply painful feeling of sorrow or remorse.
- A state of vexation caused by a perceived slight or indignity; a feeling of wounded pride.
- To cause to feel resentment or indignation.
- To provoke; arouse:
- To change in position from one point to another:
- To follow a specified course:
- To change posture or position; stir:
- To provide with an incentive or a reason for doing something; impel:
- To cause to be enthusiastic:
- To initiate or bring about, often by inciting:
- To urge on; goad:
- To affect, guide, or arouse by divine influence.
- To fill with enlivening or exalting emotion:
- To stimulate to action; motivate:
- To arouse to passionate feeling or action:
- To make more violent; intensify:
- To cause (the skin) to redden or grow hot, as from strong emotion or stimulants.
- To urge to action through moral pressure; drive:
- To drive forward; propel.
- A long stick with a pointed end used for prodding animals.
- An agent or means of prodding or urging; a stimulus.
- To prod or urge with or as if with a long pointed stick.
- To stimulate or shock with an electric current.
- To arouse to awareness or action; spur:
- To coat (iron or steel) with rust-resistant zinc.
- To arouse or incite (trouble, for example).
- To treat (the skin, for example) by fomentation.
- To arouse strong feeling in:
- To arouse (someone) sexually.
- To elicit or arouse (a reaction or emotion, for example):
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Another word for incite
Verb
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- a complete medical study of a patient, including a thorough examination, laboratory tests, a survey of the patient's case history, etc.
- an unwanted mark on a printed page caused by the rising of spacing material
- To approve, encourage, and support (an action or a plan of action); urge and help on.
- To urge, encourage, or help (a person):
- To affect, guide, or arouse by divine influence.
- To fill with enlivening or exalting emotion:
- To stimulate to action; motivate:
- to encourage; motivate; to offer encouragement to.
- To force or drive forward or onward; impel.
- To entreat earnestly and often repeatedly; exhort.
- To advocate earnestly the doing, consideration, or approval of; press for:
- To push, propel, or press onward forcibly; urge forward:
- To repulse or put to flight by force or influence:
- To guide, control, or direct (a vehicle).
- Being on time; punctual.
- Carried out or performed without delay:
- To move to act; spur; incite:
- To provide with an incentive or a reason for doing something; impel:
- To cause to be enthusiastic:
- To arouse to passionate feeling or action:
- To make more violent; intensify:
- To cause (the skin) to redden or grow hot, as from strong emotion or stimulants.
- To persuade or try to persuade by pleading or flattery; cajole.
- To obtain by persistent persuasion:
- To caress; fondle.
- To instill courage or life into.
- To give life to; fill with life:
- To impart interest or zest to; enliven:
- To fill with spirit, courage, or resolution:
- To set in motion; make active or more active.
- To organize or create (a military unit, for example):
- To treat (sewage) with aeration and bacteria to aid decomposition.
- To put into motion or action; activate:
- To cause to take action:
- To reproach in a mocking, insulting, or contemptuous manner:
- To drive or incite (a person) by taunting:
- To tease and excite sexually:
- To apply pressure against (something), especially for the purpose of moving it:
- To move (something) by exerting force against it; thrust or shove:
- To exert downward pressure on (a button or keyboard, for example); press.
- To jab or poke, as with a pointed object.
- To goad to action; incite.
- A pointed object used to prod:
- The act of piercing or pricking.
- The sensation of being pierced or pricked.
- A persistent or sharply painful feeling of sorrow or remorse.
- To lead or move, as to a course of action, by influence or persuasion.
- To bring about or stimulate the occurrence of; cause:
- To infer by inductive reasoning.
- A power affecting a person, thing, or course of events, especially one that operates without any direct or apparent effort:
- Power to sway or affect based on prestige, wealth, ability, or position:
- A person who exerts such power:
- To cause (someone) to accept a point of view or to undertake a course of action by means of argument, reasoning, or entreaty:
- To urge by strong, often stirring argument, admonition, advice, or appeal:
- To make an urgent appeal.
- Thus; so. Used to indicate that a quoted passage, especially one containing an error or unconventional spelling, has been retained in its original form or written intentionally.
- A long stick with a pointed end used for prodding animals.
- An agent or means of prodding or urging; a stimulus.
- To prod or urge with or as if with a long pointed stick.
- A short spike or spiked wheel that attaches to the heel of a rider's boot and is used to urge a horse forward.
- An incentive:
- A spinelike process on the leg of some birds.
- To arouse strong feeling in:
- To arouse (someone) sexually.
- To elicit or arouse (a reaction or emotion, for example):
- To arouse or incite (trouble, for example).
- To treat (the skin, for example) by fomentation.
- To incite to anger or resentment:
- To stir to action or feeling:
- To give rise to; bring about:
- To rouse to action or increased activity; excite:
- To increase temporarily the activity of (a body organ or system, for example).
- To cause to be interested or engaged:
- To urge to action through moral pressure; drive:
- To drive forward; propel.
- To initiate or bring about, often by inciting:
- To urge on; goad:
- To wake (someone) up.
- To cause (someone) to be active, attentive, or excited; stir up.
- To give rise to; bring about:
- To cause (someone) to be active, attentive, or excited:
- To stimulate sexual desire in.
- To give rise to (a feeling, for example); stir up:
Synonym Study
- Foment suggests continued incitement over an extended period of time the unjust taxes fomented rebellion
- Instigate always implies responsibility for initiating an action and usually connotes a bad or evil purpose who instigated the riot?
- Incite implies an urging or stimulating to action, either in a favorable or unfavorable sense incited to achievement by rivalry
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