incite

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verb

1. give an incentive for action (Freq. 2)
- This moved me to sacrifice my career
• Syn:
motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt
• Derivationally related forms:
incitement, incitation, propulsion (for: propel), act (for: actuate), motivative (for: motivate), motivation (for: motivate), motive (for: motivate), motivator (for: motivate)
• Hypernyms:
cause, do, make
• Verb Group:
affect, impress, move, strike
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- They incite him to write the letter
2. provoke or stir up (Freq. 2)
- incite a riot
- set off great unrest among the people
• Syn:
instigate, set off, stir up
• Derivationally related forms:
instigative (for: instigate), instigation (for: instigate), instigant (for: instigate), instigator (for: instigate), incitive, incitement, incitation, inciter
• Hypernyms:
provoke, stimulate
• Hyponyms:
raise
• Cause:
act, move
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
3. urge on;
cause to act
- The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window
• Syn:
prod, egg on
• Derivationally related forms:
incitement, incitation, inciter, prod (for: prod), prodding (for: prod)
• Hyponyms:
goose, halloo, goad
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  prod, egg on, instigate, set off, stir up, motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt