instigate :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

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Verbs (5)

v. serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my relatives"

v. provoke or stir up; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"

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Fuzzynyms (39)

jog

v. stimulate to remember; "jog my memory"

v. stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"

v. provide the needed stimulus for

v. move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"

v. give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain; "I reassured him that we were safe"

v. try to stir up public opinion

v. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"

v. stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"

v. give heart or courage to

v. to push against gently; "She nudged my elbow when she saw her friend enter the restaurant"

v. poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"

Synonyms (1)

set

v. put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state; "set the house afire"

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instigate