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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
incite/ɪnˈsʌɪt/

▶verb encourage or stir up (violent or unlawful behaviour).

■ urge or persuade to act in a violent or unlawful way.

– derivatives
incitation noun,
inciteful adjective,
incitement noun,
inciter noun.

– origin C15 (earlier (ME) as incitation): from Fr. inciter, from L. incitare, from in- ‘towards’ + citare ‘rouse’.

'incite' also found in these Oxford entries:

egg - excite - halloo - instigate - provoke - stoke - suborn

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