All 4 Uses
incite
in
Hopeless, by Colleen Hoover
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- I take it you won't be saying anything that will incite me to give you trouble this semester, Mr. Mulligan?†
p. 69.7 *incite = provoke
- And according to Mr. Mulligan, I like to incite trouble, so this class should be fun.
p. 70.4incite = provoke (arouse feelings leading to)
- How the hell does he incite these kinds of feelings from me from clear across a parking lot?
p. 94.9incite = cause
- I'm afraid being so close to her will incite me to confront her, and I'm not ready to do that yet.
p. 322.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(incite) provoke -- (arouse feelings, often leading to action)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)