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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Incite

/ĭn.sīt'/ · In·cite · IPA /ɪnˈsaɪt/
01 v. t. To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on.
imp. & p. p. Incited; p. pr. & vb. n. Inciting
  1. 1.
    To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on.
    “Anthiochus, when he incited Prusias to join in war, set before him the greatness of the Romans.” Bacon.
    “No blown ambition doth our arms incite.” Shak.