Antonyms for instigated

Grammar : Verb

Spell : in-sti-geyt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪn stɪˌgeɪt

Definition of instigated

Origin : 1540s, back-formation from instigation or else from Latin instigatus, past participle of instigare "to urge on, incite" (see instigation). Related: Instigated; instigates; instigating.

verb influence, provoke

Example sentences :

I am the Deputy Rossi who is said to have instigated the late riots.
Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine

And yet no one could say but that she had behaved well and been instigated by good motives.
Extract from : « Kept in the Dark » by Anthony Trollope

No, madame:—My crime is that I have instigated the youth against their superiors.
Extract from : « Debts of Honor » by Maurus Jkai

This man forgot that the law was instigated for the purpose of justice.
Extract from : « As A Chinaman Saw Us » by Anonymous

I have no doubt that Pizarro instigated the soldiers himself.
Extract from : « South American Fights and Fighters » by Cyrus Townsend Brady

You have instigated them to fall on our people in the most outrageous manner.
Extract from : « A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I » by Francis Parkman

The clerk, instigated by the newspaper men, was at his elbow.
Extract from : « The Wreck of the Titan » by Morgan Robertson

And I had reason to believe that he was instigated to do so by my own wife!
Extract from : « The Fixed Period » by Anthony Trollope

Percy had instigated Violet's opposition, and she was in no charity with him.
Extract from : « Heartsease » by Charlotte M. Yonge

It was I who instigated the old beggar to ask thee for alms.
Extract from : « Zanoni » by Edward Bulwer Lytton

Synonyms for instigated

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