incite
/ɪnˈsaɪt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.12 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
Etymology
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪnˈsaɪt/
- British English: /ɪnˈsaɪt/