0 to encourage someone to do or feel something unpleasant or violent:
She incited racial hatred by distributing anti-Semitic leaflets.
[ + to infinitive ] She was expelled for inciting her classmates to rebel against their teachers.
1 to encourage someone to do or feel something unpleasant or violent, or to cause violent or unpleasant actions:
The ads were trying to incite public opinion against the government.
To conclude this discussion, we would like to underline two aspects that may incite unconvinced readers to reconsider their positions.
Revealing patronage systems through reliable and complete data is not possible, since such systems are secretive and may incite ethnic conflict.
Instead of being afraid, the curious nature of children incites them to play.
There the mellifluous voices of choirboys, the harmony of improvised polyphony, and the cadences of locally composed plainchant incited the populace to veneration.
These measures incited the generalised opposition of the business elite and were the motivating factor behind permanent industrial and political conflicts.
This startling finding was immediately broadcast over loudspeakers and incited mixed feelings of betrayal and fury among the protesters.
But it has its risks, which include inciting others to make their judgements just as strongly and publicly - especially the academic linguists.
These actions are sometimes the results of sudden needs or miscommunication, but they're also measures taken to incite the audience.
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