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incitō — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • actuate verb To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.
  • incite verb To urge or provoke someone into action, especially something violent or unlawful.
  • rouse verb To wake someone up, or to stir them out of inactivity.
  • spur noun A spiked device worn on a rider's boot heel to urge a horse forward.

Senses

incitō is used for these senses in English:

  • actuate (transitive) To incite to action; to motivate.
  • incite (transitive) To stir up or excite; to rouse or goad into action.
  • spur (transitive) To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object
  • urge on (transitive) to encourage; motivate; to offer encouragement to.

actuate — full definition

  1. verb To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.
  2. verb To incite to action; to motivate.

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