INCENT

Etymology

Verb

incent (third-person singular simple present incents, present participle incenting, simple past and past participle incented)

(transitive, US) To provide an incentive to (a person or organization).

(transitive, US) To provide an incentive for (something).

Usage notes

• Less common than incentivize at COCA.

• Used relatively more than incentivize to refer to providing an incentive for an individual action.

Anagrams

• nectin

Source: Wiktionary



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27 January 2025

FISSILE

(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”


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Coffee Trivia

The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.

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