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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++in·cite /ɪnˈsaɪt/ verb [transitive]  CAUSEto deliberately encourage people to fight, argue etc 煽动,鼓动,激起 encourage They were charged with inciting racial hatred. 他们被指控煽动种族仇恨。incite somebody to do something a person who incites others to commit an offence 教唆他人犯罪的人incite somebody to something There was no evidence that he had incited members of the group to violence. 没有证据证明他唆使该团体成员使用暴力。incitement noun [countable, uncountable] incitement to murder 唆使谋杀→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
inciteHolland denied that he was inciting a riot.Both are accused of inciting and participating in the massacre of hundreds of Tutsis in Kibungo in 1994.Self-defacement, inciting anti-Soviet attitudes, it's all in the penal code.And both events have further encouraged and incited Arab rejectionists such as Hamas.His approach has incited even more intense debate among Democrats.For sure she creates disruption, signifies abnormality, and incites lewdness in others.The mutiny was not Communist-inspired, but the spirit of rebellion was exploited to incite peasant risings.Powerful traditions call for its refusal; but nationalist pride may incite people to accept what they would instinctively reject.Republicans have complained that Democrats are using Social Security scare tactics to incite seniors groups and others to oppose the constitutional amendment.She was charged with inciting the crowd to violence.Four men were arrested for inciting the riot.Tribal leaders are accused of inciting their followers to attack rival tribes.incite somebody to do somethingIn 1962, Mandela was arrested for inciting black workers to break the law by striking.
Origin incite (1400-1500) French inciter, from Latin citare to cause to start moving
in·cite verbChineseSyllable
people fight, to Corpus etc to argue encourage deliberately


incite
incite /ɪnˈsaɪt/ verb [transitive]
 Date: 1400-1500
 Language: French
 Origin: inciter, from Latin citare 'to cause to start moving'
to deliberately encourage people to fight, argue etc ⇨ encourage:
    They were charged with inciting racial hatred.
    incite somebody to do something
    a person who incites others to commit an offence
    incite somebody to something
    There was no evidence that he had incited members of the group to violence.
—incitement noun [uncountable and countable]:
    incitement to murder


in·citeBrE /ɪnˈsaɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ɪnˈsaɪt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they incite BrE /ɪnˈsaɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈsaɪt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it incites BrE /ɪnˈsaɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈsaɪts/ 🔊past simple incited BrE /ɪnˈsaɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈsaɪtɪd/ 🔊past participle incited BrE /ɪnˈsaɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈsaɪtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form inciting BrE /ɪnˈsaɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈsaɪtɪŋ/ 🔊to encourage sb to do sth violent, illegal or unpleasant, especially by making them angry or excited 煽动;鼓动~ sth to incite crime/racial hatred/violence 教唆犯罪;煽动种族仇恨/暴力~ sb (to sth) They were accused of inciting the crowd to violence. 他们被控煽动群众暴乱。🔊🔊~ sb to do sth He incited the workforce to come out on strike. 他煽动工人罢工。🔊🔊