incentor Now rare.
(ɪnˈsɛntə(r))
Also 6 -our, 9 (erron.) -er.
[a. L. incentor singer, setter of a tune, inciter, from incinĕre: see incention.]
1. One who excites or stirs up (strife, etc.); one who incites to action.
| 1563–87 Foxe A. & M. (1596) 79/2 The cheefe Capteine and incentour of which persecution was first Dioclesian. 1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answ. Nameless Cath. 172 They tooke him to be Incentor, the Stirrer or Procurer of the same. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Incentor,..a make-bate, or Boutefeu. 1658 Phillips, Incentor, the same as Incendiary. 1718 Prideaux O. & N. Test. ii. ii. 138 The chief Incentors of this War. 1895 N. Brit. Daily Mail 30 Aug. 5 A placard, declaring that all incenters to riot would be executed. |
† 2. (See quot.) Obs.
| 1656 Blount Glossogr., Incentor, he that singeth the descant. In singing there are three degrees, the first Succentor, the second Incentor, the third Accentor. 1678 Phillips (ed. 4), Incentor, he that sings the middle part. |