instigate
[verb]
Synonyms: provoke, bring about, incite, influence, initiate, prompt, set off, start, stimulate, trigger

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Related Words: activate, actuate, hint, insinuate, suggest, plan, plot, scheme, goad, urge, fire, inflame

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in‧sti‧gate /ˈɪnstəɡeɪt, ˈɪnstɪɡeɪt/ verb [transitive]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: past participle of instigare]

1. to make a process start, especially one relating to law or politics:
Charles instigated a programme of reforms.

2. to persuade someone to do something bad or violent:
He accused union leaders of instigating the disturbances.
—instigator noun [countable]

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