incitative
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɪnsɪtətɪv/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɪnsəˌteɪtɪv/
Noun
incitative (plural incitatives)
- A provocative; an incitant; a stimulant.
- 1742, Charles Jervas (translator), Miguel de Cervantes (original author), 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
- 1742, Charles Jervas (translator), Miguel de Cervantes (original author), The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant Don Quixote of The Mancha
Adjective
incitative (comparative more incitative, superlative most incitative)
- 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
French
Adjective
incitative
- feminine singular of incitatif