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incitant

incitant adjective: inciting; stimulating.

Adjective

incitant (comparative more incitant, superlative most incitant)

  1. Inciting; stimulating.

Noun

incitant (plural incitants)

  1. That which incites; an inciting agent or cause; a stimulant.
    • The leaves and seeds ought to be classed with the incitants, for they evidently are powerful and diffusible stimulants.1786, J. U., C. G. Lloyd, Bulletin of the Lloyd Library of Botany, Pharmacy and Materia Medica

Forms of incitant

Adjective
comparativemore incitant
superlativemost incitant
Noun
pluralincitants

Origin of incitant

From Latin incitans.

Questions about incitant

What does incitant mean?
Incitant means inciting; stimulating.
What part of speech is incitant?
Incitant can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near incitant in the dictionary

  1. incisurae
  2. incisure
  3. incisures
  4. incitability
  5. incitable
  6. incitant
  7. incitants
  8. incitation
  9. incitations
  10. incitative
  11. incitatives

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