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incitar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abet verb To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime.
  • arouse verb To stir up or bring about a feeling, reaction, or interest.
  • egg noun An oval or round body laid by birds, reptiles, and many other animals, usually containing a developing embryo.
  • goad noun A long pointed stick used to prod animals into moving.
  • 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

incitar is used for these senses in English:

  • abet (transitive, crime) To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime. [ca. 1350–1470]
  • arouse (transitive) To stimulate or induce (feelings); pique.
  • egg (transitive, obsolete, _, except in egg on) To encourage, incite, or urge (someone).
  • egg on (transitive, idiomatic) To encourage or coax (a person) to do something, especially something foolhardy or reckless.
  • goad To encourage or stimulate.
  • 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

abet — full definition

  1. verb To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime.
  2. verb To support, countenance, maintain, uphold, or aid (any good cause, opinion, or action).
  3. verb To urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable.
  4. verb To back up one's forecast of a doubtful issue, by staking money, etc., to bet.

arouse — full definition

  1. verb To stir up or bring about a feeling, reaction, or interest.
  2. verb To sexually excite someone.
  3. verb To wake someone from sleep.

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