Verb

• S: (v) motivate (motivate%2:36:00::), actuate (actuate%2:36:02::), propel (propel%2:36:00::), move (move%2:36:00::), prompt (prompt%2:36:00::), incite (incite%2:36:00::) (give an incentive for action) "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
• verb group
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) incite (incite%2:32:00::), instigate (instigate%2:32:00::), set off (set_off%2:32:00::), stir up (stir_up%2:32:00::) (provoke or stir up) "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
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• derivationally related form
• W: (adj) incitive (incitive%3:00:00:provocative:00) [Related to: incite] (arousing to action or rebellion)
• W: (n) incitement (incitement%1:04:02::) [Related to: incite] (an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating) "the incitement of mutiny"
• W: (n) incitation (incitation%1:16:00::) [Related to: incite] (something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action)
• W: (n) incitation (incitation%1:04:00::) [Related to: incite] (an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating) "the incitement of mutiny"
• W: (n) inciter (inciter%1:18:00::) [Related to: incite] (someone who deliberately foments trouble) "she was the instigator of their quarrel"
• W: (adj) instigative (instigative%3:00:00:provocative:00) [Related to: instigate] (arousing to action or rebellion)
• W: (n) instigation (instigation%1:04:00::) [Related to: instigate] (deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord))
• W: (n) instigant (instigant%1:18:00::) [Related to: instigate] (someone who deliberately foments trouble) "she was the instigator of their quarrel"
• W: (n) instigator (instigator%1:18:01::) [Related to: instigate] (someone who deliberately foments trouble) "she was the instigator of their quarrel"
• sentence frame
• S: (v) prod (prod%2:35:00::), incite (incite%2:35:00::), egg on (egg_on%2:35:00::) (urge on; cause to act) "The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window"