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instigate
What does instigate mean?
instigate (verb): provoke or stir up.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce instigate?
/ˈɪnstəˌɡeɪt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does instigate come from?
Borrowed from Latin īnstīgātus, perfect passive participle of īnstīgō (“to instigate”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of instigate?
Words related to instigate
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “instigate”?
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What does “instigate” mean?
see with attention
Not quite: that's what behold means.
provoke or stir up
Right! That's what “instigate” means.
predict in advance
Not quite: that's what forecast means.
to cause to become
Not quite: that's what render means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “instigate”?
cruise
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export
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depend
Not quite: depend means something else.
incite
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