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in⋅cent

  [in-sent]
Use incent in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
incentivize.
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in·cent   (ĭn-sěnt')   
tr.v.   in·cent·ed, in·cent·ing, in·cents
To incentivize: "would use tax breaks to incent corporations to invest in their future" (Scott Canon).

[Back-formation from incentive.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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