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
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.
• 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
24 February 2025
(noun) (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
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.