incite
Syllables: in·citeUK/ɪnˈsaɪt/
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South Asia/ɪnsajʈ/
incite verb: to call into action.
Verb
incite (third-person singular simple present incites, present participle inciting, simple past and past participle incited)
incite meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
incite in Hindi
- to rouse, stir up or excite
- भड़काना bhaṛkānā, उकसाना uksānā
incite in Tamil
- கிளர்ச்சி செய், கிளறி விடு, கிளிர்ச்சியூட்டு, தூண்டு, கிளிர்ந்தெழச் செய், உசுப்பி விடு
incite in Urdu
- to rouse, stir up or excite
- بھڑَکانا bhaṛkānā, اکسانا uksānā
incite in Bengali
- উসকানি দেওয়া, প্ররোচিত করা, উত্তেজিত করা
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- incite in Malayalam
- ചൊടിപ്പിക്കുക coṭippikkuka
- incite in Kannada
- ಪ್ರಚೋದಿಸು, ಹುರಿದುಂಬಿಸು, ಉತ್ತೇಜಿಸು, ಎತ್ತಿಕಟ್ಟು
- incite in Sanskrit
- चोदति codati
- incite in Tagalog
- sulsol
- incite in Arabic
- حَرَّضَ ḥarraḍa, حَضَّ ḥaḍḍa
- incite in Persian
- انگیزاندن angizândan, شوراندن šurândan
- incite in Thai
- ปลุกระดม, ปลุก bplùk, ยุยง yú-yong, ยั่วยุ
- incite in Vietnamese
- kích động
Examples of incite in a sentence
- Tsai called on the public not to incite hatred or blame others for the epidemic.
- He hit the accelerator and froggered into the fast lane, inciting a symphony of angry honking.
- I don't listen to ugly or inciting lyrics in angry music, because I'm having none of it.
Synonyms of incite
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Antonyms
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Forms of incite
| third-person singular present | incites |
|---|---|
| present participle | inciting |
| past participle | incited |
| past | incited |
Origin of incite
From Middle French inciter, from Latin incitō (“to set in motion, hasten, urge, incite”), from in (“in, on”) + citō (“to set in motion, urge”), frequentative of cieō (“to rouse, excite, call”).
Words formed from incite
Words that rhyme with incite
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- knight
- slight
- Dwight
- height
- sight
- night
- sprite
- fight
- parasite
- site
- alight
- smite
- all right
- blight
- might
- mite
- skite
- cite
- indite
- lite
- outright
- plight
- bight
- excite
- ignite
- invite
- overnight
- uptight
- wight
- accite
- alright
- benight
- bewrite
- blite
- copyright
- despite
- dight
- disunite
- finite
- flite
- hight
- recite
- relight
- rewrite
- sleight
- spite
- spright
- wite
Questions about incite
- What does incite mean?
- Incite means to call into action.
- What is incite in Hindi?
- Incite in Hindi is भड़काना (bhaṛkānā), उकसाना (uksānā). See Incite meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is incite?
- Incite is a verb.
- How do you pronounce incite?
- Incite is pronounced /ɪnˈsaɪt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of incite?
- The past tense of incite is incited.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: incite (page history and authors); incite (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Incite (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ചൊടിപ്പിക്കുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); incite (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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