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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Incitement  \In*cite"ment\,  n.  [Cf.  F.  incitement.] 
  1.  The  act  of  inciting. 
 
  2.  That  which  incites  the  mind,  or  moves  to  action  motive; 
  incentive;  impulse.  --Burke. 
 
  From  the  long  records  of  a  distant  age,  Derive 
  incitements  to  renew  thy  rage.  --Pope. 
 
  Syn:  Motive;  incentive;  spur;  stimulus;  impulse; 
  encouragement. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  incitement 
  n  1:  an  act  of  inciting  [syn:  {incitation}] 
  2:  needed  encouragement;  "the  result  was  a  provocation  of 
  vigorous  investigation"  [syn:  {provocation}] 
  3:  a  means  of  arousing  or  stirring  to  action  [syn:  {provocation}] 
  4:  the  act  of  exhorting;  an  earnest  attempt  at  persuasion  [syn: 
  {exhortation}] 

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