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Verb: incite  in'sIt
  1. Give an incentive for action
    "This incited me to sacrifice my career";
    - motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt
  2. Provoke or stir up
    "incite a riot";
    - instigate, set off, stir up
  3. Urge on; cause to act
    - prod, egg on, egg

Sounds like: incidence, incidecite, insight, in s

Derived forms: incited, inciting, incites

Type of: cause, do, engender, make, provoke, stimulate

Encyclopedia: Incite