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instigate
verb
To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite.

He hath only instigated his blackest agents to the very extent of their malignity. -Bp. Warburton.

Syn: animate, encourage, impel, incite, provoke, spur, stimulate, tempt, urge
Ant: halt, prevent, stop

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