instigate
101incite — /insayt/ To arouse; urge; provoke; encourage; spur on; goad; stir up; instigate; set in motion; as, to incite a riot. Also, generally, in criminal law to instigate, persuade, or move another to commit a crime; in this sense nearly synonymous with …
102distinct — [14] Etymologically, distinct is the past participle of distinguish. It comes from distinctus, past participle of Latin distinguere ‘separate, discriminate’ (source, via the present stem of Old French distinguer, of English distinguish [16]).… …
103stick — ‘piece of wood’ [OE] and stick ‘fix, adhere’ [OE] come from the same Germanic source: the base *stik , *stek , *stak ‘pierce, prick, be sharp’ (which also produced English attach, stake, stitch, stockade, and stoke). This in turn went back to the …
104suborn — [sə bôrn′] vt. [L subornare, to furnish or supply, instigate, incite secretly < sub , under + ornare, to furnish, adorn: see ORNAMENT] 1. to get or bring about through bribery or other illegal methods 2. to induce or instigate (another) to do… …
105inciter — noun someone who deliberately foments trouble she was the instigator of their quarrel • Syn: ↑instigator, ↑provoker, ↑instigant, ↑firebrand • Derivationally related forms: ↑instigate (for …
106instigant — noun someone who deliberately foments trouble she was the instigator of their quarrel • Syn: ↑instigator, ↑provoker, ↑inciter, ↑firebrand • Derivationally related forms: ↑instigate, ↑incite …
107instigation — noun 1. the verbal act of urging on • Syn: ↑abetment, ↑abettal • Derivationally related forms: ↑instigate, ↑abet (for: ↑abettal), ↑abet ( …
108provoker — noun someone who deliberately foments trouble she was the instigator of their quarrel • Syn: ↑instigator, ↑inciter, ↑instigant, ↑firebrand • Derivationally related forms: ↑instigate (for …
109Accessary after the fact — Fact Fact (f[a^]kt), n. [L. factum, fr. facere to make or do. Cf. {Feat}, {Affair}, {Benefit}, {Defect}, {Fashion}, and { fy}.] 1. A doing, making, or preparing. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A project for the fact and vending Of a new kind of fucus,… …
110Accessary before the fact — Fact Fact (f[a^]kt), n. [L. factum, fr. facere to make or do. Cf. {Feat}, {Affair}, {Benefit}, {Defect}, {Fashion}, and { fy}.] 1. A doing, making, or preparing. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A project for the fact and vending Of a new kind of fucus,… …
