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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Cf. F.

incitement

The act of inciting.

That which incites the mind, or moves to action; motive; incentive; impulse.

Burke.

Syn. – Motive; incentive; spur; stimulus; impulse; encouragement.

Noun.

That which incites the mind or moves to action; motive; incentive; impulse.

From the long records of a distant age,

Derive incitement to renew thy rage.

incitement ‎(plural incitements)

a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion