incitative

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɪnsɪtətɪv/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɪnsəˌteɪtɪv/

Noun

incitative (plural incitatives)

1. A provocative; an incitant; a stimulant.
   • 1742, Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Charles Jervas, The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant Don Quixote of The Mancha:

     They all carried wallets, which, as appeared afterwards, were well provided with incitatives, and such as provoke to thirst at two leagues distance

Adjective

incitative (comparative more incitative, superlative most incitative)

1. inciting

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “incitative”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

French

Adjective

incitative

1. feminine singular of incitatif