Instigate vs. Insite — What's the Difference?
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Difference Between Instigate and Insite
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Definitions
Instigate
To initiate or bring about, often by inciting
Instigate a public discussion of the issue.
Instigate an uprising.
Insite
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Instigate
To urge on; goad
Tried to instigate the people to revolt.
Instigate
(transitive) to incite; to bring about by urging or encouraging
To instigate a riot
Instigate
(transitive) to goad or urge (a person) forward, especially to wicked actions; to provoke
To instigate someone to a crime
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Instigate
To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite; - used chiefly with reference to evil actions; as, to instigate one to a crime.
He hath only instigated his blackest agents to the very extent of their malignity.
Instigate
Provoke or stir up;
Incite a riot
Set off great unrest among the people
Instigate
Serve as the inciting cause of;
She prompted me to call my relatives