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单词 instigate
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instigatev.

/ˈɪnstɪɡeɪt/
Forms: Past participle -ated; also 1600s instigat.
Etymology: < Latin instigāt-, participial stem of instigāre to urge, set on, incite, < in- (in- prefix3) + *stigāre: compare Greek στίζειν (root στιγ-) to prick.
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.
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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).
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