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Webster 1913 Edition
Inciter
In-cit′er
,Noun.
One who, or that which, incites.
Webster 1828 Edition
Inciter
INCI'TER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
inciter
inciter
French
Pronunciation
Verb
inciter
Conjugation
Conjugation of inciter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | inciter | avoir incité | |||||
| gerund | en incitant | en ayant incité | |||||
| present participle | incitant /ɛ̃.si.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | incité /ɛ̃.si.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | incite /ɛ̃.sit/ |
incites /ɛ̃.sit/ |
incite /ɛ̃.sit/ |
incitons /ɛ̃.si.tɔ̃/ |
incitez /ɛ̃.si.te/ |
incitent /ɛ̃.sit/ |
| imperfect | incitais /ɛ̃.si.tɛ/ |
incitais /ɛ̃.si.tɛ/ |
incitait /ɛ̃.si.tɛ/ |
incitions /ɛ̃.si.tjɔ̃/ |
incitiez /ɛ̃.si.tje/ |
incitaient /ɛ̃.si.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | incitai /ɛ̃.si.te/ |
incitas /ɛ̃.si.ta/ |
incita /ɛ̃.si.ta/ |
incitâmes /ɛ̃.si.tam/ |
incitâtes /ɛ̃.si.tat/ |
incitèrent /ɛ̃.si.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | inciterai /ɛ̃.si.tʁe/ |
inciteras /ɛ̃.si.tʁa/ |
incitera /ɛ̃.si.tʁa/ |
inciterons /ɛ̃.si.tʁɔ̃/ |
inciterez /ɛ̃.si.tʁe/ |
inciteront /ɛ̃.si.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | inciterais /ɛ̃.si.tʁɛ/ |
inciterais /ɛ̃.si.tʁɛ/ |
inciterait /ɛ̃.si.tʁɛ/ |
inciterions /ɛ̃.si.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
inciteriez /ɛ̃.si.tə.ʁje/ |
inciteraient /ɛ̃.si.tʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | incite /ɛ̃.sit/ |
incites /ɛ̃.sit/ |
incite /ɛ̃.sit/ |
incitions /ɛ̃.si.tjɔ̃/ |
incitiez /ɛ̃.si.tje/ |
incitent /ɛ̃.sit/ |
| imperfect1 |
incitasse /ɛ̃.si.tas/ |
incitasses /ɛ̃.si.tas/ |
incitât /ɛ̃.si.ta/ |
incitassions /ɛ̃.si.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
incitassiez /ɛ̃.si.ta.sje/ |
incitassent /ɛ̃.si.tas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | incite /ɛ̃.sit/ |
— | incitons /ɛ̃.si.tɔ̃/ |
incitez /ɛ̃.si.te/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Usage notes
The French term inciter is a false friend of the English incite: In English, incite has a stronger, more forceful meaning.