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encitement

encitement is the obsolete form of incitement.

Meaning of incitement

Noun

incitement (plural incitements)

  1. A call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal way.
    • The sheriff was constantly goading me into shooting trespassers, which should surely count as incitement at the very least.

Forms of encitement

pluralencitements

Questions about encitement

What is encitement the obsolete form of?
Encitement is the obsolete form of incitement.

Words near encitement in the dictionary

  1. encirclings
  2. encise
  3. Enciso
  4. Encisos
  5. encite
  6. encitement
  7. encitements
  8. encites
  9. Enck
  10. Encke
  11. Encks

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