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Another word for instigate

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instigate

v.

prompt, stimulate, induce, incite; see incite, urge 2. See syn. study at incite.

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Another word for instigate

verb

To stir to action or feeling:

egg on, excite, foment, galvanize, goad, impel, incite, inflame, inspire, motivate, move, pique, prick, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, set off, spur, stimulate, touch off, trigger, work up. See cause, excite

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Responding to the messages only serves to instigate further contact.Sit with your children as they set up user names, email addresses, passwords, and profiles.
This certainly isn't an easy task for women who would usually instigate a fight with someone insulting them, and this is why this test is so difficult.
Any of these things can cause enough stress in your cat to instigate fur loss.
Situations may be set up to instigate those reactions, but they are essentially "off the cuff."
He didn't instigate anything—just the opposite.

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