different between incite vs inflame

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

From Middle English inflammen, enflamen, enflaumen, from Old French enflammer (“to inflame”), from Latin inflamm? (“to kindle, set on fire”, verb), from in (“in, on”) + flamma (“flame”), equivalent to in- +? flame.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?fle?m/
• Rhymes: -e?m

Verb

inflame (third-person singular simple present inflames, present participle inflaming, simple past and past participle inflamed)

1. (transitive) To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.
2. (transitive, figuratively) To kindle or intensify (a feeling, as passion or appetite); to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat.

   to inflame desire

   • 1690, John Dryden, Creator Spirit! by whose aid

     But, O inflame and fire our hearts.

   • 2017 August 25, "Arrest threat as Yingluck Shinawatra misses verdict", in aljazeera.com, Al Jazeera:

     The long-awaited verdict could inflame tension in the Southeast Asian country and have far-reaching implications in the politically divided kingdom.

3. (transitive) To provoke (a person) to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.
4. (transitive) To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of.

   to inflame the eyes by overwork

5. To exaggerate; to enlarge upon.

   • A friend exaggerates a man's virtues, an enemy inflames his crimes.

   • 1773, Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer

     As you say, we passengers are to be taxed to pay all these fineries. I have often seen a good sideboard, or a marble chimney-piece, though not actually put in the bill, inflame a reckoning confoundedly.

6. (intransitive) To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed.

Synonyms

• provoke
• fire
• kindle
• irritate
• exasperate
• incense
• enrage
• anger
• excite
• arouse

Related terms

• inflammable
• inflammatory
• inflammation

Translations

Further reading

• inflame in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• inflame in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• feminal

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ami

Verb

inflame

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of inflamar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of inflamar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of inflamar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of inflamar

Spanish

Verb

inflame

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