ɪnˈsaɪt ɪn.ˈspaɪɹ ɪn.ˈspaɪə(ɹ) ˈɪnstəɡeɪt pɹɒmpt pɹɑmpt serve as the inciting cause of She prompted me to call my relatives provoke or stir up incite a riot set off great unrest among the people