instigate

Meaning

Verb

to incite; to bring about by urging or encouraging
to goad or urge (a person) forward, especially to wicked actions; to provoke

Origin

From the Latin īnstīgātus, past participle of instigo, from prefix in- + *stigare, akin to stinguo. Compare German stechen, English stick.

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