incite

verb

Etymology: From Middle French inciter, from Latin incitō (“to set in motion, hasten, urge, incite”), from in (“in, on”) + citō (“to set in motion, urge”), frequentative of cieō (“to rouse, excite, call”).

1. To call into action.

   “The judge was told by the accused that his friends had incited him to commit the crime.”

   “incite people to violence”

2. To entreat an act.
3. To instigate a specific incident.