INCITE

incite, instigate, set off, stir up

(verb) provoke or stir up; “incite a riot”; “set off great unrest among the people”

prod, incite, egg on

(verb) urge on; cause to act; “The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window”

motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite

(verb) give an incentive for action; “This moved me to sacrifice my career”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

incite (third-person singular simple present incites, present participle inciting, simple past and past participle incited)

(transitive) To stir up or excite; to rouse or goad into action.

Anagrams

• intice

Source: Wiktionary

In*cite", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incited; p. pr. & vb. n. Inciting.] Etym: [L. incitare; pref. in- in + citare to rouse, stir up: cf. F. inciter. See Cite.]

Definition: To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on. Anthiochus, when he incited Prusias to join in war, set before him the greatness of the Romans. Bacon. No blown ambition doth our arms incite. Shak.

Syn.

– Excite; stimulate; instigate; spur; goad; arouse; move; urge; rouse; provoke; encourage; prompt; animate. See Excite.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition