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Verb
  1. Provoke or stir up (synset 200852919)
    "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"
    causes: act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
    is a type of: provoke, stimulate - provide the needed stimulus for
    subtypes: raise - activate or stir up
    same as: incite, set off, stir up
  2. Serve as the inciting cause of (synset 200774006)
    "She prompted me to call my relatives"
    is a type of: cause, get, have, induce, make, stimulate - cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
    same as: inspire, prompt

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