6 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
verb give an incentive for action
verb provoke or stir up
verb urge on; cause to act
originFrom Middle French inciter, from Latin incitō (“to set in motion, hasten, urge, incite”), from in (“in, on”) + citō (“to set in motion, urge”), frequentative of cieō (“to rouse, excite, call”).
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