Definitions for instigate

instigate in·sti·gate

Spelling: [in-sti-geyt]
IPA: /ˈɪn stɪˌgeɪt/

Instigate is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 348 anagrams from letters in instigate (aegiinstt).

Definitions for instigate

verb (used with object)

  1. to cause by incitement; foment:
  2. to urge, provoke, or incite to some action or course:

Origin of instigate

1535-45; Latin instīgātus past participle of instīgāre to goad on, impel, equivalent to in- in-2 + -stīg- goad, prick (akin to stigma<

Examples for instigate

To instigate, incite, provoke, to urge on: from the Anglo-Saxon eggion.

The liberated soul does not cease to act, to think, to create, to instigate revolutionary flows.

And he is at a stage in his life now where he can instigate projects.

I have let you recruit criminals and instigate riots while you live in my mansion.

As such, the U.A.E. is not a bad place to instigate change in the region.

What might instigate him to this devilish act, I am not able to conjecture.

How does abet differ from incite and instigate as to the time of the action?

He's always trying to instigate and stuff like that, and my friends back home don't do that.

Republicans will continue to avoid a grand bargain and instigate crises.

So many favors from heaven were calculated to instigate the malice of hell.

Word Value for instigate
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

Similar words for instigate
Word of the day