Dictionary entry overview: What does stewardship mean? â¢ STEWARDSHIP (noun) The noun STEWARDSHIP has 1 sense: 1. the position of steward Familiarity information: STEWARDSHIP used as a noun is very rare.
Definition of incite for English Language Learners. : 1  to cause (someone) to act in an angry, harmful, or violent way. : 2  to cause (an angry, harmful, or violent action or feeling)
Word Origin & History. incite 1447, from M.Fr. enciter (14c.), from L. incitare to put into rapid motion, urge, encourage, stimulate, from in- on + citare move, excite (see cite). The word interest stands in general for that kind of mental activity which it is the business of instruction to incite.