INCITATION

incitation, incitement

(noun) an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating; “the incitement of mutiny”

incitement, incitation, provocation

(noun) something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

incitation (countable and uncountable, plural incitations)

The act of inciting or moving to action.

(obsolete) Something that incites to action; a stimulus or incentive.

Source: Wiktionary


In`ci*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. incitatio: cf. F. incitation.]

1. The act of inciting or moving to action.

2. That which incites to action; that which rouses or prompts; incitement; motive; incentive. The noblest incitation to honest attempts. Tatler.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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31 January 2025

DISPERSION

(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”


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