instigate
11instigate — UK [ˈɪnstɪɡeɪt] / US [ˈɪnstɪˌɡeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms instigate : present tense I/you/we/they instigate he/she/it instigates present participle instigating past tense instigated past participle instigated formal to make something start …
12instigate — in•sti•gate [[t]ˈɪn stɪˌgeɪt[/t]] v. t. gat•ed, gat•ing 1) to cause by incitement; foment: to instigate a quarrel[/ex] 2) to urge, provoke, or incite to some action or course: to instigate people to revolt[/ex] • Etymology: 1535–45; < L… …
13instigate — /ˈɪnstəgeɪt / (say instuhgayt) verb (t) (instigated, instigating) 1. to spur on, set on, or incite to some action or course: to instigate someone to commit a crime. 2. to bring about by incitement; foment: to instigate a quarrel. {Latin… …
14instigate — verb Instigate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑proceedings, ↑riot …
15instigate — [ ɪnstɪgeɪt] verb bring about or initiate. ↘(instigate someone to/to do something) incite someone to do something. Derivatives instigation noun instigator noun Origin C16 (earlier (ME) as instigation): from L. instigat , instigare urge, incite …
16instigate — verb (T) 1 to start something such as a legal process or an official inquiry: Without evidence it would be impossible to instigate an official investigation. 2 to start trouble by persuading someone to do something bad: A foreign government was… …
17instigate someone to/to do something — incite someone to do something. → instigate …
18instigate — transitive verb ( gated; gating) Etymology: Latin instigatus, past participle of instigare more at stick Date: 1542 to goad or urge forward ; provoke Synonyms: see incite • instigation noun • instigative adjective …
19instigate — verb To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite. He hath only instigated his blackest agents to the very extent of their malignity. Bp. Warburton. Syn: animate, encourage, impel, incite …
20instigate — Synonyms and related words: abet, activate, actuate, agitate, arouse, blow the coals, bring, bring on, call forth, contrive, draw down, draw on, effect, elicit, evoke, excite, fan, fan the flame, feed the fire, ferment, fire, foment, get, goad,… …
