instigate
(verb)
verb
1. provoke or stir up
Similar word(s): incite
Definition categories: communication, provoke, stimulate
2. serve as the inciting cause of
Similar word(s): inspire, prompt
Definition categories: communication, cause, get, have, induce, make, stimulate
Sentences with instigate as a verb:
- He hath only instigated his blackest agents to the very extent of their malignity. -Bp. Warburton.