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Instigate   Listen
verb
Instigate  v. t.  (past & past part. instigated; pres. part. instigating)  To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite; used chiefly with reference to evil actions; as, to instigate one to a crime. "He hath only instigated his blackest agents to the very extent of their malignity."
Synonyms: To stimulate; urge; spur; provoke; tempt; incite; impel; encourage; animate.





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"Instigate" Quotes from Famous Books



... was bound to interfere with the bank, as the natives, unaccustomed to bank-notes, confused the ones with the others. Moreover, the enemies of the bank took advantage of this confusion to instigate the people against the Imperial Bank, making them believe that the word "Imperial" on the bank-notes meant that the issuing of bank-notes was only a new scheme of the Government to supply people with worthless paper instead of a currency of ...
— Across Coveted Lands - or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland • Arnold Henry Savage Landor


Words linked to "Instigate" :   inspire, act, provoke, set off, stir up, instigative, prompt, cause, induce, get, instigator, have, move, instigant, instigation, raise, incite, make


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