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# incite

«incite» in Mova's school dictionary: **To stir up or encourage people to do something bad or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (incite, incites, incited, inciting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To stir up or encourage people to do something bad or violent, or to feel angry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incite/#m1)

2) (law) To urge someone to commit a crime, which can itself be a crime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incite/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history and law it describes people who encourage riots or hatred. In ethics it shows how words can lead others to harm. Phrases: incite violence, incite a riot, incite hatred.

### examples

- The man was arrested for inciting a riot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incite/#x1)
- Posting hateful messages can incite violence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incite/#x2)
- The villain incited the crowd to storm the castle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incite/#x3)
- Words can incite hatred, so choose them with care. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incite/#x4)
- He incited his friends to break the rules. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incite/#x5)

### note

Noun: incitement. Do not confuse with «insight» (deep understanding) — they sound similar. Usually about bad actions.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «incite» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incite/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.