incite

动词 v.
/ɪnˈsaɪt/    /ɪnˈsaɪt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To call into action. transitive
    — The judge was told by the accused that his friends had incited him to commit the crime.
  2. To entreat an act. transitive
  3. To instigate a specific incident. transitive

词形变化

incites present,singular,third-person inciting participle,present incited participle,past incited past

词源

From Middle French inciter, from Latin incitō (“to set in motion, hasten, urge, incite”), from in (“in, on”) + citō (“to set in motion, urge”), frequentative of cieō (“to rouse, excite, call”).
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