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incite

Verbs

• (v) give an incentive for action
  • This moved me to sacrifice my career
  motivate, prompt, actuate, propel, move,
• (v) provoke or stir up
  • incite a riot
  • set off great unrest among the people
  instigate, stir up, set off,
• (v) urge on; cause to act
  • The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window
  egg on, prod,

Synonyms

motivate prompt actuate propel move instigate stir up set off egg on prod

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