Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Incitement"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Incitement \In*cite"ment\, n. [Cf. F. incitement.]
1. The act of inciting.
2. That which incites the mind, or moves to action; motive;
incentive; impulse. --Burke.
From the long records of a distant age, Derive
incitements to renew thy rage. --Pope.
Syn: Motive; incentive; spur; stimulus; impulse;
encouragement.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
incitement
n 1: an act of inciting [syn: {incitation}]
2: needed encouragement; "the result was a provocation of
vigorous investigation" [syn: {provocation}]
3: a means of arousing or stirring to action [syn: {provocation}]
4: the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion [syn:
{exhortation}]
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