incite, double-quick, Herculean, secession

 In the middle of May 1860, delegates to the Republican National Convention met in Chicago to choose the party's nominee for president. The United States faced its greatest crisis since the Revolutionary War. The Democratic Party was so bitterly divided that it had been unable to even choose a candidate at its own convention, so the man the Republicans selected would almost certainly become president and face the Herculean task of dealing with secession.




But perhaps he doesn’t need one. In 1859, John Brown sought not only to free slaves in Virginia but to terrorize the South and incite a broad conflict. In this he triumphed: panicked whites soon mobilized, militarized and marched double-quick toward secession. Brown’s raid didn’t cause the Civil War, but it was certainly a catalyst.


Oct 25, 2013 - Bono of U2 performs in Chicago during the Amnesty International tour. ... They were herculean efforts that made all previous benefit concerts ...

On Oct. 9, 1967, Latin American guerrilla leader Che Guevara was executed in Bolivia while attempting to incite revolution.

Herculean

Pronunciation /ˌhəːkjʊˈliːən//həːˈkjuːlɪən/

ADJECTIVE

• 1Requiring great strength or effort.

  ‘a Herculean task’

  1. 1.1 (of a person) muscular and strong.
     ‘the mesomorph, a classic Herculean build’

Origin

Late 16th century (in the sense ‘relating to Hercules’): from Latin Herculeus ‘Hercules’ + -an.

double-quick
adj.
Very quick; rapid.

n.
A marching cadence; double time.

intr. & tr.v., -quicked, -quick·ing, -quicks.
To double-time.




incite
(ĭn-sīt')
tr.v., -cit·ed, -cit·ing, -cites.
To provoke and urge on: troublemakers who incite riots; inciting workers to strike. See synonyms at provoke.

[Middle English encyten, from Old French enciter, from Latin incitāre, to urge forward : in-, intensive pref.; see in-² + citāre, to stimulate, frequentative of ciēre, to put in motion.]

incitement in·cite'ment n.
inciter in·cit'er n.

secession[se・ces・sion]

• 発音記号[siséʃən]
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[名]

1 [U]（政党・教会などからの）脱退, 分離, 離脱；((しばしばS-))《米国史》（1860-61年, 南部11州の）連邦脱退.

2 ((通例S〜))《美術》分離派：19世紀末ウィーンで始められた美術様式.

se・ces・sion・al

[形]

se・ces・sion・ist

[名][形]分離［脱退］者（の）, 脱退の.

se・ces・sion・ìsm

[名]分離［脱退］論.