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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Incite \In*cite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incited}; p. pr & vb
n. {Inciting}.] [L. incitare pref. in- in + citare to rouse,
stir up: cf F. inciter. See {Cite}.]
To move to action to stir up to rouse; to spur or urge on
Anthiochus, when he incited Prusias to join in war, set
before him the greatness of the Romans. --Bacon.
No blown ambition doth our arms incite. --Shak.
Syn: Excite; stimulate; instigate; spur; goad; arouse; move
urge; rouse; provoke; encourage; prompt; animate. See
{Excite}.
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