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Instigate

IN'STIGATE, v.t.[L. instigo; in and stigo, inusit; Gr. to prick.] To incite; to set on; to provoke; to urge; used chiefly or wholly in an ill sense; as, to instigate one to evil; to instigate to a crime.

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IN'STIGATE, v.t.[L. instigo; in and stigo, inusit; Gr. to prick.]

To incite; to set on; to provoke; to urge; used chiefly or wholly in an ill sense; as, to instigate one to evil; to instigate to a crime.

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