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/ɪnsˈaɪtmənt/ Listen

noun

Incitement n.

The act of inciting.

That which incites the mind, or moves to action; motive; incentive; impulse. "From the long records of a distant age, Derive incitements to renew thy rage."

Synonyms: Motive; incentive; spur; stimulus; impulse; encouragement.

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Etymology of 'Incitement'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... which I wrote to you of in one of my last. I am afraid it will be too weak to take off their rust, or at least it will take too long a time."[2] Here he is encouraging her to double the dose; says, he is afraid it will be too weak, and will take up too much time. And, as a further incitement to her to make haste, describes the beauties of Scotland, and tells her that his mother, Lady Cranstoun, had employed workmen to fit up an apartment for her at ...

— Trial of Mary Blandy • William Roughead

... the absence of inducement and incitement all? Is there no positive discouragement in the recollections of that time, to check too hasty a concurrence in the warlike views of the honourable member for Westminster? When England, in 1808, under all the ...

— Selected Speeches on British Foreign Policy 1738-1914 • Edgar Jones

... With that incitement to Maggie's imagination Barney left her; and Old Jimmie followed, furtively giving Maggie ...

— Children of the Whirlwind • Leroy Scott

... Bolshevism! And I was such a fool I didn't know it. But that's what I preached. For it is an incitement to disorder to proclaim one's self above obedience to what has been established as ...

— The Crimson Tide • Robert W. Chambers

... as a god unliked and not understood, Jerry sadly trotted back to the companionway and yearned his head over the combing in the direction in which he had seen Skipper disappear. What bit at his consciousness and was a painful incitement in it, was his desire to be with Skipper who was not right, and who was in trouble. He wanted Skipper. He wanted to be with him, first and sharply, because he loved him, and, second and dimly, because he might serve him. And, wanting Skipper, in his helplessness and ...

— Jerry of the Islands • Jack London

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