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instigate

Cross references:
  1. incite                
 
in.sti.gate \'in(t)-st*-.ga-t\ \.in(t)-st*-'ga--sh*n\ \'in(t)-st*-.ga-t-iv\ 
   \-.ga-t-*r\ vt [L instigatus, pp. of instigare - more at STICK] : to goad 
   or urge forward : PROVOKE  - in.sti.ga.tion n