Antonyms for instigated


Grammar : Verb
Spell : in-sti-geyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪn stɪˌgeɪt


Definition of instigated

Origin :
  • 1540s, back-formation from instigation or else from Latin instigatus, past participle of instigare "to urge on, incite" (see instigation). Related: Instigated; instigates; instigating.
  • verb influence, provoke
Example sentences :
  • I am the Deputy Rossi who is said to have instigated the late riots.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • And yet no one could say but that she had behaved well and been instigated by good motives.
  • Extract from : « Kept in the Dark » by Anthony Trollope
  • No, madame:—My crime is that I have instigated the youth against their superiors.
  • Extract from : « Debts of Honor » by Maurus Jkai
  • This man forgot that the law was instigated for the purpose of justice.
  • Extract from : « As A Chinaman Saw Us » by Anonymous
  • I have no doubt that Pizarro instigated the soldiers himself.
  • Extract from : « South American Fights and Fighters » by Cyrus Townsend Brady
  • You have instigated them to fall on our people in the most outrageous manner.
  • Extract from : « A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I » by Francis Parkman
  • The clerk, instigated by the newspaper men, was at his elbow.
  • Extract from : « The Wreck of the Titan » by Morgan Robertson
  • And I had reason to believe that he was instigated to do so by my own wife!
  • Extract from : « The Fixed Period » by Anthony Trollope
  • Percy had instigated Violet's opposition, and she was in no charity with him.
  • Extract from : « Heartsease » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • It was I who instigated the old beggar to ask thee for alms.
  • Extract from : « Zanoni » by Edward Bulwer Lytton

Synonyms for instigated

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