Obs. [f. EGG v. + -MENT; an early example of the addition of -MENT to an Eng. vb.] Incitement, instigation.
c. 1340. Cursor M., 25733 (Fairf.). We synne þorou egment of þer þre.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Man of Lawes T., 744. Thurgh wommannes eggement Mankynde was lorn.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 136. Egment, or sterynge, incitamentum.
