instigate
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English[edit]
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for instigate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Etymology[edit]
From the Latin instigatus, past participle of instigare (“to instigate”), from prefix in- in + *stigare, akin to stinguere (“push, goad”). Akin to German stechen (“to prick”), English stick.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
instigate (third-person singular simple present instigates, present participle instigating, simple past and past participle instigated)
- 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.
Usage notes[edit]
Commonly used with reference to evil actions; as, to instigate one to a crime.
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Further reading[edit]
- instigate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- instigate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Esperanto[edit]
Adverb[edit]
instigate
- present adverbial passive participle of instigi
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
instīgāte
