different between incite vs gladden

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)

1. (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

1. first-person singular present indicative of inciter
2. third-person singular present indicative of inciter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of inciter
4. second-person singular imperative of inciter

Portuguese

Verb

incite

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of incitar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of incitar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of incitar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of incitar

Spanish

Verb

incite

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of incitar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of incitar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of incitar.

English

Etymology

glad +? -en

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??læd?n/

Verb

gladden (third-person singular simple present gladdens, present participle gladdening, simple past and past participle gladdened)

1. (transitive) To cause (something) to become more glad.
2. (intransitive, archaic) To become more glad in one's disposition.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• cheer, cheer up, gratify, please

Derived terms

• begladden
• ungladden

Translations

Anagrams

• dangled