Incite
Incite , transitive verb
[Latin incitare; pref. in- in + citare to rouse, stir up: compare French inciter. See Cite.]
To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on.
Anthiochus, when he incited Prusias to join in war, set before him the greatness of the Romans.
No blown ambition doth our arms incite.