Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-CITE'
IN-CITE', v.t. [L. incito; in and cito, to call, to stir up.]
- To move the mind to action by persuasion or motives presented; to stir up; to rouse; to spur on. Antiochus, when he incited Prusias to join in war, set before him the greatness of the Romans. Bacon.
- To move to action by impulse or influence. No blown ambition does our arms incite. Shak.
- To animate; to encourage.
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