Instigate

Verb

 * 1) 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.

Synonyms

 * : animate, encourage, impel, incite, provoke, spur, stimulate, tempt, urge

Antonyms

 * : halt, prevent, stop

Thesaurus
abet, activate, actuate, agitate, arouse, blow the coals, bring, bring on, call forth, contrive, draw down, draw on, effect, elicit, evoke, excite, fan, fan the flame, feed the fire, ferment, fire, foment, get, goad, heat, heat up, hint, impassion, incense, incite, induce, inflame, insinuate, inspire, lead, motivate, nettle, obtain, pique, plan, plot, procure, provoke, put up to, raise, rally, scheme, set, set on, sic on, stir the embers, stir up, suggest, superinduce, tickle, urge, whet, whip up, work up

Etymology
From the instigatus, past participle of instigare: < prefix in- in + *undefined:, akin to stinguere:. Akin to stechen:,  stick.

Translations

 * Arabic: حرض, دفع
 * Dutch: aanstichten
 * German: anstiften


 * Hungarian: felbújt, provokál
 * Russian: подбивать, подговаривать

Derived terms

 * instigation
 * instigator

Adverb
instigate