Definition of "incite" []

• To provoke and urge on: troublemakers who incite riots; inciting workers to strike. See Synonyms at provoke. (verb-transitive)

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• "Beck, Limbaugh and Palin incite violence for their own financial gain."
• "You see, Broder doesn't suggest that the president "incite" a war only because Broder has already done such splendid work in inciting it himself."
• "The Fitna film illustrates the dangers of Islamisation highlighted with selective Koranic texts, it does not "incite" against Muslims rather rails about extremism and frankly so it should."