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Definition of Instigation
1. Noun. The verbal act of urging on.
Generic synonyms: Encouragement
Derivative terms: Abet, Abet, Instigate
2. Noun. Deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord).
Generic synonyms: Induction, Initiation, Trigger
Derivative terms: Foment, Instigate, Instigate
Definition of Instigation
1. n. The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; esp. to evil or wickedness.
Definition of Instigation
1. Noun. The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; especially to evil or wickedness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Instigation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Instigation
Literary usage of Instigation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Digest of the Criminal Law (crimes and Punishments) by James Fitzjames Stephen (1883)
"WHERE instigation 18 COUNTERMANDED. 1 If an accessory before the fact countermands
the ... instigation TO COMMIT A CRIME DIFFERENT FROM THE ONE COMMITTED. ..."
2. Daniel Defoe: His Life and Recently Discovered Writings: Extending from 1716 by Lee, William, Daniel Defoe (1869)
"The instigation of the Devil. MJ, May 2.— From publick Things let us come to
private, and from foreign Matters to Affairs at home. ..."
3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"The bishop arrived at Macao in 1738 and was detained and made a captive there,
nt the instigation of Portuguese Jesuits who re- ч-nted an investigation of ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... of twenty-six days he died (October 18, 1503) of an ulcer in the leg, or, as
some have alleged, of poison administered at the instigation of Pandolfo ..."
5. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"INSTINCT, a natural impulse or instigation, esp. that by wh animals are guided
aright. (F., —L.; or L.) 'A secrete inwa ..."
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