What is the meaning of incite?

Give an incentive for action.
- usage: "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
- synonyms: motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt
Provoke or stir up.
- usage: "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"
- synonyms: instigate, set off, stir up
Urge on; cause to act.
- usage: "The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window"
- synonyms: prod, egg on

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