0 past simple and past participle of instigate
1 to cause an event or situation to happen by making a set of actions or a formal process begin:
The government will instigate new measures to combat terrorism.
The revolt in the north is believed to have been instigated by a high-ranking general.
Parenting group instigated to look at normal growth and development, sleep and behaviour, nutrition and play.
This asserts that dreams are instigated by - and express - unconscious, unacceptable wishes.
There have been no prosecutions or investigations of individuals that have precipitated or instigated the violence.
Rather, the idea of absolute autonomy, via autonomy's association with uniqueness and individualism, has instigated the desirability of contemporary architecture.
Improvement was instigated by the landlord and accepted by a variety of groups within the rural population.
Treatment should be instigated by the multidisciplinary team such that a consensus to management is made.
A number of disagreements are tolerated before change is instigated to a mode that includes the errant note.
But he became a party to gang robberies and instigated as many as 27 other sepoys to undertake such activities.
