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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Incendiary  \In*cen"di*a*ry\  (?;  277),  n.;  pl  {Incendiaries}. 
  [L.  incendiarius:  cf  F.  incendiaire  See  {Incense}  to 
  inflame.] 
  1.  Any  person  who  maliciously  sets  fire  to  a  building  or 
  other  valuable  or  other  valuable  property. 
 
  2.  A  person  who  excites  or  inflames  factions,  and  promotes 
  quarrels  or  sedition;  an  agitator;  an  exciter. 
 
  Several  cities  .  .  .  drove  them  out  as  incendiaries. 
  --Bentley. 




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