- instigate
[instigate 词源字典]
- instigate: see stick
[instigate etymology, instigate origin, 英语词源] - instigate (v.)
- 1540s, back-formation from instigation or else from Latin instigatus, past participle of instigare "to urge on, incite" (see instigation). Related: Instigated; instigates; instigating.