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==Etymology==
− It is [[bor|la-lat|incentīvum]], the noun use of the neuter of Latin incentīvus, setting the tune, in Late Latin inciting,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from incentus, past participle of incinere, to strike up, blow into an instrument,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from in-, into, and canere, to sing (see [[chant]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) Word Origins notes its kinship with [[incantation]].^(Cresswell 2021)^(Hoad 1986) Etymonline suggests its sense was influenced in Late Latin by incendere, to kindle.^(Etymonline)
+ It is [[bor|la-lat|incentīvum]], the noun use of the neuter of [[la|incentīvus]], setting the tune, in Late Latin inciting,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[m|la|incentus]], past participle of [[m|la|incinere]], to strike up, blow into an instrument,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from in-, into, and [[m|la|canere]], to sing (see [[chant]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) Word Origins notes its kinship with [[incantation]].^(Cresswell 2021)^(Hoad 1986) Etymonline suggests its sense was influenced in Late Latin by incendere, to kindle.^(Etymonline)
==Earliest recorded meaning==