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<hw>In*cite"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Incited</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Inciting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>incitare</ets>; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>citare</ets> to rouse, stir up: cf. F. <ets>inciter</ets>. See <er>Cite</er>.]</ety> <def>To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on.</def>

<blockquote>Anthiochus, when he <b>incited</b> Prusias to join in war, set before him the greatness of the Romans. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>No blown ambition doth our arms <b>incite</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Excite; stimulate; instigate; spur; goad; arouse; move; urge; rouse; provoke; encourage; prompt; animate. See <er>Excite</er>.</syn>

<h1>Incitement</h1> <Xpage=744>

<hw>In*cite"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>incitement</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of inciting.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which incites the mind, or moves to action; motive; incentive; impulse.</def>

<i>Burke.</i>

<blockquote>From the long records of a distant age, Derive <b>incitements</b> to renew thy rage. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Motive; incentive; spur; stimulus; impulse; encouragement.</syn>

<h1>Inciter</h1> <Xpage=744>

<hw>In*cit"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, incites.</def>

<h1>Incitingly</h1> <Xpage=744>

<hw>In*cit"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>So as to incite or stimulate.</def>

<h1>Incito-motor</h1> <Xpage=744>

<hw>In*ci`to-mo"tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>incitus</ets> incited + E. <ets>motor</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Inciting to motion; -- applied to that action which, in the case of muscular motion, commences in the nerve centers, and excites the muscles to contraction. Opposed to <i>excito-motor</i>.</def>

<h1>Incito-motory</h1> <Xpage=744>

<hw>In*ci`to-mo"to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Incitomotor.</def>

<h1>Incivil</h1> <Xpage=744>

<hw>In*civ"il</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>incivilis</ets>; pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>civilis</ets> civil: cf. F. <ets>incivil</ets>.]</ety> <def>Uncivil; rude.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Incivility</h1> <Xpage=744>

<hw>In`ci*vil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Incivilities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>incivilitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>incivilit\'82</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality or state of being uncivil; want of courtesy; rudeness of manner; impoliteness.</def>

<i>Shak. Tillotson.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any act of rudeness or ill breeding.</def>

<blockquote>Uncomely jests, loud talking and jeering, which, in civil account, are called indecencies and <b>incivilities</b>. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>