单词 | instigate |
释义 | instigatev. 1. transitive. To spur, urge on; to stir up, stimulate, incite, goad (now mostly to something evil). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate stirc897 putOE sputc1175 prokec1225 prickc1230 commovec1374 baitc1378 stingc1386 movea1398 eager?a1400 pokec1400 provokea1425 tollc1440 cheera1450 irritec1450 encourage1483 incite1483 harden1487 attice1490 pricklea1522 to set on1523 incense1531 irritate1531 animate1532 tickle1532 stomach1541 instigate1542 concitea1555 upsteer1558 urge1565 instimulate1570 whip1573 goad1579 raise1581 to set upa1586 to call ona1592 incitate1597 indarec1599 alarm1602 exstimulate1603 to put on1604 feeze1610 impulse1611 fomentate1613 emovec1614 animalize1617 stimulate1619 spura1644 trinkle1685 cite1718 to put up1812 prod1832 to jack up1914 goose1934 1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth viii. sig. D.iiv It doth instygate and lede a man to synne. 1639 J. Woodall Wks. (1653) Pref. 2 Some Noble man, who was instigated thereunto through an excellent and divine power. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xlii. 278 To instigate Princes to warre upon one another. 1671 R. McWard True Non-conformist 469 The only motive..whereby Henry was instigat to reject the Pope. 1747 S. Johnson Plan Dict. 25 Commonly, though not always, we exhort to good actions, we instigate to ill. 1841 D. Brewster Martyrs of Sci. iii. iii. 247 The Grand Duke of Tuscany, instigated no doubt by Galileo, sent Kepler a gold chain. 1855 R. Browning Fra Lippo Lippi in Men & Women I. 51 ‘Ay, but you don't so instigate to prayer’ Strikes in the Prior. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 335 You..must not instigate your elders to a breach of faith. 2. To bring about by incitement or persuasion; to stir up, foment, provoke. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate > bring about by incitement stirc897 forthclepe?c1000 raisec1175 entice1297 rearc1325 excitea1340 arta1450 provocate?a1475 suscitate1528 to stir upc1530 provoke1535 store1552 concitea1555 upsteer1558 spirit1598 solicit1602 foment1606 fana1616 proritate1620 incite1627 ferment1660 spirita1680 brush1755 whip1805 to put (also set) (the) spurs to1819 fillipa1822 instigate1852 spark-plug1945 whomp1961 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond II. iv. 63 What he and they called levying war was, in truth, no better than instigating murder. 1868 H. H. Milman Ann. St. Paul's Cathedral iii. 47 The mission of Otho had been instigated by the King. Derivatives ˈinstigated adj. ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Instigué, instigated, incited, vrged. ˈinstigating adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [adjective] > inciting or instigating stirring1421 movingc1443 provokingc1443 incitative1490 urgent1559 propulsory1585 pricking1592 pulsive1602 incentive1603 incitatory1610 urging1612 animalizing1617 impellent1620 irritant1636 instigative1644 propulsive1648 promptive1653 parastatic1656 exstimulatory1657 impulsory1659 appelling1666 irritative1686 instigating1702 spurring1702 stimulatinga1732 stimulatory1758 impulsive1788 stimulant1803 stimulative1836 exertivea1856 inciting1855 incitant1886 incitive1888 on-driving1927 incitory1941 1702 D. Defoe Reform. Manners in Misc. (1703) 81 How Clito comes from instigating Whore, Pleads for the Man he cuckold just before. ˈinstigatingly adv. in an instigating manner, so as to instigate. ΚΠ 1856 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Instigatingly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.1542 |
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