meaning of instigates
1. 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.
2. serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my
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Related Words
instigate | instigated | instigating | instigatingly | instigation | instigative | instigator |
