instigate
Meaning of instigate
verb
- To incite; to bring about by urging or encouraging
to instigate a riot
- To goad or urge (a person) forward, especially to wicked actions; to provoke
to instigate someone to a crime
Information about instigate
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of instigate is: instigates.
- Languages in which instigate is used:
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Hyphenation of instigate
in-sti-gate
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- instigate is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
instigate synonyms
Meaning incite:
Meaning prompt:
Meaning :
animate, encourage, impel, provoke, spur, stimulate, tempt, urge
instigate antonyms
Meaning :
Translation of instigate
- Spanish: solicitar, exhortar
- Italian: sollecitare, esortare
- German: auffordern, antreiben
- French: sommer
- Portuguese: solicitar
Words that rhyme with instigate
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