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incenting

incenting is the present participle and gerund of incent.

Meaning of incent

Verb

incent (third-person singular simple present incents, present participle incenting, simple past and past participle incented)

  1. (US, transitive) To provide an incentive to (a person or organization).
    • We need to incent people to innovate more.
  2. (US, transitive) To provide an incentive for (something).
    • We need to incent more innovation.

Questions about incenting

What is incenting the present participle and gerund of?
Incenting is the present participle and gerund of incent.

Words near incenting in the dictionary

  1. incenters
  2. incentified
  3. incentifies
  4. incentify
  5. incentifying
  6. incenting
  7. incentive
  8. incentiveless
  9. incentively
  10. incentives
  11. incentivisation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: incenting (page history and authors); incent (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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