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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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inspire
English
Etymology
From Middle English inspiren, enspiren, from Old French inspirer, variant of espirer, from Latin ?nsp?r?re, present active infinitive of ?nsp?r? (“inspire”), itself a loan-translation of Biblical Ancient Greek ???? (pné?, “breathe”), from in + sp?r? (“breathe”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?n.?spa??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n.?spa??(?)/
- Rhymes: -a??(?)
Verb
inspire (third-person singular simple present inspires, present participle inspiring, simple past and past participle inspired)
- (transitive) To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.
- c. 1588-1593, William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus
- Dawning day new comfort hath inspired.
- c. 1588-1593, William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus
- (transitive) To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens or exalts; to communicate inspiration to.
- Elders should inspire children with sentiments of virtue.
- Erato, thy poet's mind inspire, / And fill his soul with thy celestial fire.
- (intransitive) To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale.
- c. 1670, Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus", Or a Theoretick and Practical Discourse of Consumptions and Hypochondriack Melancholy... Likewise a Discourse of Spitting of Blood
- By means of those sulfurous coal smokes the lungs are as it were stifled and extremely oppressed, whereby they are forced to inspire and expire the air with difficulty.
- c. 1670, Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus", Or a Theoretick and Practical Discourse of Consumptions and Hypochondriack Melancholy... Likewise a Discourse of Spitting of Blood
- To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
- (archaic, transitive) To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.
- (transitive) To spread rumour indirectly.
Conjugation
Synonyms
- beghast
Antonyms
- (inhale): expire
Derived terms
- inspirer
Related terms
- inspiration
- inspirational
- inspirator
- inspiratory
Translations
Anagrams
- spinier
Asturian
Verb
inspire
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive of inspirar
French
Verb
inspire
- inflection of inspirer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Portuguese
Verb
inspire
- First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of inspirar
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of inspirar
- Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of inspirar
- Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of inspirar
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [in?spire]
Verb
inspire
- third-person singular present subjunctive of inspira
- third-person plural present subjunctive of inspira
Spanish
Verb
inspire
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of inspirar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of inspirar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of inspirar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of inspirar.
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