What does incite mean?
Incite means (transitive) To call into action..
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/ɪnˈsaɪt/ · verb
(transitive) To call into action..
The judge was told by the accused that his friends had incited him to commit the crime.
incite people to violence
Human rights groups blame the anti-Rohingya propaganda for inciting murders, rapes and the largest forced human migration in recent history.
Who and what exactly incited Amir?
President Trump has seized on the response in the streets to police brutality against Black men and women to bolster his re-election campaign, employing provocative and sometimes incendiary language and images to incite his followers, demonize his opponents or both.
Use incite when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Incite means (transitive) To call into action..
Common synonyms include abet, actuate, goose, light a fire under.
Possible antonyms include curb, daunt, demoralize, demotivate.
The judge was told by the accused that his friends had incited him to commit the crime.
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