Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - instigate
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Instigate
instigate
~ v 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 accused of having instigated the bloodshed.) - instigator n
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1.
(instigates, instigating, instigated) Someone who instigates an event causes it to happen. Jenkinson instigated a refurbishment of the old gallery... = initiate VERB: V n • instigation The talks are taking place at the instigation of Germany... N-UNCOUNT: usu at/on N with poss ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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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 • instigator noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. 1 bring about by incitement or persuasion; provoke (who instigated the inquiry?). 2 (usu. foll. by to) urge on, incite (a person etc.) to esp. an evil act. Derivatives instigation n. instigative adj. instigator n. Etymology: L instigare instigat- ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. подстрекать; побуждать to instigate smb. to smth. (to do smth.) —- подстрекать кого-л. к чему-л. to instigate smb. to a crime —- толкать кого-л. на преступление 2. провоцировать, разжигать to instigate war —- провоцировать (разжигать) войну ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 1542, from L. instigatus "incitement, instigation," pp. of instigare "urge on, incite," from a root meaning "to prick" (see instinct). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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