Incite
Incite verb - To bring (something volatile or intense) into being.
Usage example: the rock band's failure to show up incited a riot, as the crowd had waited for hours
Set and incite are semantically related. in encourage topic. In some cases you can use "Set" instead a verb "Incite".
Nearby Words: incitement, inciting
Set
Set verb - To cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Personally I find the whole thing a little barbaric, and it tends to incite unwelcome amounts of discord among my wards, but the tournament is a mandate set forward by an authority higher than myself.
Source: Web Original / Burning Avalon - Grand Maestro Mohs from Tales of the Abyss is a devout follower of The Score, a set of extremely specific prophecies that say that there will be a time of great prosperity following a massive war between the two dominant countries, a war that he has tried to incite numerous times.
Source: Knight Templar / Video Games
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