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/ɪnsˈaɪtmənt/ Listen

noun

Incitement n.

The act of inciting.

That which incites the mind, or moves to action; motive; incentive; impulse. "From the long records of a distant age, Derive incitements to renew thy rage."

Synonyms: Motive; incentive; spur; stimulus; impulse; encouragement.

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Etymology of 'Incitement'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... Jahveh made use, as of the Assyrian of old, to chastise the sins of Judah. The struggle between the two factions constantly disturbed the public peace, and it needed little to cause the preaching of the prophets to degenerate into an incitement to revolt. On a feast-day which occurred in the early months of Jehoiakim's reign, Jeremiah took up his station on the pavement of the temple and loudly apostrophised the crowd of worshippers. "Thus saith the Lord: If ye will not hearken ...

— History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 8 (of 12) • G. Maspero

... Bolshevism! And I was such a fool I didn't know it. But that's what I preached. For it is an incitement to disorder to proclaim one's self above obedience to what has been established as ...

— The Crimson Tide • Robert W. Chambers

... Nic needed no incitement, and Pete followed his example, both enjoying the sweetest, most refreshing draught that ...

— Nic Revel - A White Slave's Adventures in Alligator Land • George Manville Fenn

... the unceasing and miserable struggle to obtain the barest necessities of animal life, no regard could be paid to the weakness and nobility of woman; her weakness, like that of every other weak one, could not become a title to tender care, but became inevitably an incitement to tyranny; the nobility of woman was dishonoured, as was all purely human and genuine nobility. For unnumbered centuries woman was a slave and a purchasable instrument of lust, and the much-vaunted civilisation of the ...

— Freeland - A Social Anticipation • Theodor Hertzka

... We needed no further incitement to make us urge on our steeds. Armitage and Long Sam, who were the best mounted of our party, leading, the latter being our guide. The country was wooded so that we could not see far ahead. Suddenly our guide ...

— Adventures in the Far West • W.H.G. Kingston

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