accite

Definition

To summon.

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin accitō (“summon”), from Classical Latin acciō (“call forth”), formed from ad + cieō (“summon, call”). The sense “excite, induce” is likely from or reinforced by conflation with excite.

Example Sentences

• "He by the senate is accit'd home From weary wars against the barbarous Goths"
• "Our heralds now accited all that were"
• "And what accites your most worshipful thought to think so?"