Crossword-Solution: INSTIGATE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Instigate | v. t. | To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite; -- used chiefly with reference to evil actions; as to instigate one to a crime. |
We have 46 clues for the answer “INSTIGATE”
| Clue | Answers |
|---|---|
| Urge on to some action. | 1 answer |
| INCITE person to | 1 answer |
| Start, as trouble | 1 answer |
| Start a riot | 1 answer |
| Spur on to some action. | 1 answer |
| Whip up | 11 answers |
| Be behind | 12 answers |
| Set on | 16 answers |
| MAKE first move | 16 answers |
| Urge on | 19 answers |
| Egg on | 21 answers |
| Whet | 24 answers |
| CALL up spirit | 26 answers |
| Foment | 28 answers |
| ASK (FOR) | 29 answers |
| wake | 32 answers |
| Recommend | 33 answers |
| Egg | 34 answers |
| COMMOVE | 38 answers |
| Waken | 38 answers |
| bestir | 42 answers |
| not improve matters | 46 answers |
| Abet | 47 answers |
| call forth | 49 answers |
| Embark | 50 answers |
| Suggest | 50 answers |
| MAKE enthusiastic | 51 answers |
| initiate | 52 answers |
| MAKE keen | 52 answers |
| Electioneer | 52 answers |
| Persuade | 55 answers |
| Inflame | 56 answers |
| Propel | 57 answers |
| Inspire | 60 answers |
| Scheme | 61 answers |
| Activate | 63 answers |
| CAUSE ___ | 63 answers |
| Urge | 65 answers |
| dare | 67 answers |
| Motivate | 68 answers |
| Bring about | 69 answers |
| Chal-lenge | 70 answers |
| Stimulate | 71 answers |
| Plot | 75 answers |
| Incite | 76 answers |
| Provoke | 90 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
REATE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with INSTIGATE (5)
From the age of Constantine to the Plantagenets, this rapacious spirit continued to instigate the poor and hardy Caledonians; but the same people, whose generous humanity seems to inspire the songs of Ossian, was disgraced by a savage ignorance of the virtues of peace, and of the laws of war.
But Theodatus was exasperated by the contempt which he deserved: her justice had repressed and reproached the oppression which he exercised against his Tuscan neighbors; and the principal Goths, united by common guilt and resentment, conspired to instigate his slow and timid disposition.
The withdrawal of the former, with his troops, from the region of country which they had so lately covered, was the signal for that rising of the loyalists upon the Pedee, to instigate which the unfortunate emissary of General Leslie had been dispatched from Charleston.
The Duchess by his subornation, Upon my life, began her devilish practices; Or, if he were not privy to those faults, Yet, by reputing of his high descent, As next the King he was successive heir, And such high vaunts of his nobility— Did instigate the bedlam brain-sick Duchess By wicked means to frame our sovereign’s fall.
But some untimely thought did instigate His all-too-timeless speed, if none of those; His honour, his affairs, his friends, his state, Neglected all, with swift intent he goes To quench the coal which in his liver glows.
Quotes with INSTIGATE (3)
O Heavenly Children, the stories you have concocted in God's name have angered Him; for he would never instigate war between brothers, or encourage tribes to harbor resentment towards one another. He prefers the man who loves over the one who hates. And the man who spreads kindness, peace and knowledge, over the one who spreads lies, fear and terror — and misuses His name.
Collegiate life presents a student with innumerable opportunities to engender personal growth by responding to a dynamic social, athletic, and academic environment. Students instigate personal development by making calculated and rash personal decisions pertaining to what activities to pursue and by measuring their string of reactions to new experiences.
If your instigations stop, then there will not be anyone to instigate you. All these are indeed the results of your own [past] instigations. 'You' are a King of the whole universe. 'You' do not indeed have anyone above you (as a boss, upari). 'You', yourself are the Parmatma (absolute supreme Soul).
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, Newsday, NYT, Universal.
Used 9 times in crossword archives (1965–2014).