incitative

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

incitative (plural incitatives)

1. (archaic) Something that incites; an incitant; a stimulant.

   Synonyms: carrot, incentive

   • 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

incitative (comparative more incitative, superlative most incitative)

1. That incites

• “incitative”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

incitative

1. feminine singular of incitatif