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inciter|ɪnˈsaɪtə(r)|
Also 7 incitor.
[f. incite v. + -er1.]
One who or that which incites or rouses to action; an instigator.
1598Florio, Impulsore, an inciter, a perswader. 1611Cotgr., Instigateur, an instigator; stirrer, incitor, vrger, egger on. a1626Bacon Maxims & Uses Com. Law xii. 53 The law accounteth the incitor as principall, though he be absent. a1720Sheffield (Dk. Buckhm.) Wks. (1753) II. 190 The Romans..politickly encouraged that humour in every body, as being a constant inciter to virtue. 1813L. Hunt in Examiner 15 Feb. 97/2 Inciters to robbery. 1893Boyd Carpenter Son of Man ii. 43 He is an inciter of revolution.
Hence inˈcitress, a female inciter.
1611Cotgr., Concitatrice, a concitatrix, incitresse, prouokeresse. 1654Gayton Pleasant Notes iv. vi, Bright Sun-beame, repairer and incitresse of my decaying heat. |