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incitatives

incitatives is the plural of incitative.

Meaning of incitative

Noun

incitative (plural incitatives)

  1. (archaic) Something that incites; an incitant; a stimulant.
    • They all carried wallets, which, as appeared afterwards, were well provided with incitatives, and such as provoke to thirst at two leagues distance1742, Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Charles Jervas, The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant Don Quixote of The Mancha
    Synonyms:
    carrot, incentive

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Questions about incitatives

What is incitatives the plural of?
Incitatives is the plural of incitative.

Words near incitatives in the dictionary

  1. incitant
  2. incitants
  3. incitation
  4. incitations
  5. incitative
  6. incitatives
  7. incite
  8. incited
  9. incitee
  10. incitees
  11. inciteful

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