different between incite vs enkindle
incite
English
Etymology
Middle French inciter, from Latin incitare (“to set in motion, hasten, urge, incite”), from in (“in, on”) + citare (“to set in motion, urge”), frequentative of ciere (“to rouse, excite, call”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?n.s?t', IPA(key): /?n?sa?t/
Verb
incite (third-person singular simple present incites, present participle inciting, simple past and past participle incited)
- (transitive) To stir up or excite; to rouse or goad into action.
- The judge was told by the accused that his friends had incited him to commit the crime.
Related terms
- incitement
- inciteful
- incitive
Translations
Further reading
- incite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- incite in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- incite at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- intice
French
Verb
incite
- first-person singular present indicative of inciter
- third-person singular present indicative of inciter
- first-person singular present subjunctive of inciter
- second-person singular imperative of inciter
Portuguese
Verb
incite
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of incitar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of incitar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of incitar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of incitar
Spanish
Verb
incite
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of incitar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of incitar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of incitar.
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enkindle
English
Verb
enkindle (third-person singular simple present enkindles, present participle enkindling, simple past and past participle enkindled)
- (archaic, transitive) To kindle; to arouse or evoke.
- 1603-06, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 3:
- That, trusted home, might yet enkindle you unto the crown, besides the Thane of Cawdor.
- 1809, Philip Freneau, "Occasioned By a Legislation Bill proposing a Taxation upon Newspapers":
- "By them enkindled, every heart grew warm, / "By them excited, all were taught to arm, […]
- 1603-06, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 3:
Translations
Anagrams
- enlinked
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