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instigate
Overview of verb instigate
The verb instigate has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) incite, instigate, set off, stir up -- (provoke or stir up; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people")
2. prompt, inspire, instigate -- (serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my relatives")
Antonyms of verb instigate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb instigate
2 senses of instigate
Sense 1
incite, instigate, set off, stir up
=> provoke, stimulate
=> challenge
=> invite, bid
=> request
=> ask
=> request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across
=> convey, transmit, communicate
=> transfer
=> move, displace
Sense 2
prompt, inspire, instigate
=> induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb instigate
1 of 2 senses of instigate
Sense 1
incite, instigate, set off, stir up
=> raise
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb instigate
2 senses of instigate
Sense 1
incite, instigate, set off, stir up
=> provoke, stimulate
Sense 2
prompt, inspire, instigate
=> induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
'Cause To' of verb instigate
1 of 2 senses of instigate
Sense 1
incite, instigate, set off, stir up
=> act, move
Derived Forms of verb instigate
2 senses of instigate
Sense 1
incite, instigate, set off, stir up
RELATED TO>(adj) instigative#1
=> incendiary, incitive, inflammatory, instigative, rabble-rousing, seditious
RELATED TO>(noun) instigation#2
=> fomentation, instigation
RELATED TO>(noun) instigant#1
=> instigator, provoker, inciter, instigant, firebrand
RELATED TO>(noun) instigator#1
=> instigator, provoker, inciter, instigant, firebrand
Sense 2
prompt, inspire, instigate
RELATED TO>(noun) instigation#1
=> abetment, abettal, instigation
RELATED TO>(noun) instigation#2
=> fomentation, instigation
RELATED TO>(noun) instigator#2
=> instigator, initiator
Domain of verb instigate
Domain Terms of verb instigate
Familiarity of verb instigate
instigate used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb instigate
2 senses of instigate
Sense 1
incite, instigate, set off, stir up
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Sense 2
prompt, inspire, instigate
EX: They instigate him to write the letter
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb instigate
2 senses of instigate
Sense 1
incite, instigate, set off, stir up
> provoke, stimulate
=> entice, lure, tempt
=> rejuvenate
=> jog
=> incite, instigate, set off, stir up
=> agitate, foment, stir up
Sense 2
prompt, inspire, instigate
> induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
=> decide
=> persuade
=> bring
=> solicit
=> encourage
=> let
=> lead
=> prompt, inspire, instigate
=> suborn
=> compel, oblige, obligate
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb instigate
Sense 1
incite, instigate, set off, stir up
=> provoke, stimulate
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Sense 2
prompt, inspire, instigate
=> induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
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Grep of verb instigate
instigate
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