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to instigate
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to deliberately provoke, encourage, or initiate actions that lead to conflict, hostility, or harmful consequences
Transitive: to instigate an action or attitude
Grammatical Information
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
instigate
3rd person singular
instigates
Past simple
instigated
Past participle
instigated
Examples
With a calculated move, the agent planted false evidence to instigate suspicion and create chaos within the organization.
Examples
The new policy instigated changes in the company's workflow.
Lexical Tree
instigation
instigative
instigator
instigate
instig
