Inciting

verb

1. To present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly

   "his conviction was upheld on a theory never urged at his … trial"

2. To undertake the accomplishment of with energy, swiftness, or enthusiasm

   "urge the attack"

3. Solicit, entreat

   "urged him to keep trying"

4. To serve as a motive or reason for

   "urged by a sense of duty"

5. To force or impel in an indicated direction or into motion or greater speed

   "the dog urged the sheep toward the gate"

6. Stimulate, provoke

   "urge not my father's anger"

7. To declare, advance, or press earnestly a statement, argument, charge, or claim

   "urged for the adoption of the proposal"

phrasal verb

1. To encourage (someone or something) to move ahead, to do something, etc.

   "riders urging their horses on"