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Instigation definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INSTIGA'TION, n. Incitement, as to evil or wickedness; the act of encouraging to commit a crime or some evil act.
1. Temptation; impulse to evil; as the instigation of the devil.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the verbal act of urging on [syn: abetment, abettal, instigation]
2: deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord) [syn: fomentation, instigation]

Merriam Webster's

noun see instigate

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Instigation In`sti*ga"tion, n. [L. instigatio: cf. F. instigation.] The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; esp. to evil or wickedness. The baseness and villainy that . . . the instigation of the devil could bring the sons of men to. --South.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see instigate

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Incitement, urgency, encouragement, prompting, influence, solicitation, instance.

Moby Thesaurus

agitation, arousal, catalyst, exasperation, excitation, excitement, firing, fomentation, goad, impetus, impulse, incentive, incitation, incitement, inflammation, irritation, pep rally, pep talk, provocation, rabble-rousing, spur, stimulation, stirring, stirring-up