instigate

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

verb

1. provoke or stir up (Freq. 2)
- incite a riot
- set off great unrest among the people
• Syn:
incite, set off, stir up
• Derivationally related forms:
instigative, instigation, instigant, instigator, incitive (for: incite), incitement (for: incite), incitation (for: incite), inciter (for: incite)
• Hypernyms:
provoke, stimulate
• Hyponyms:
raise
• Cause:
act, move
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
2. serve as the inciting cause of
- She prompted me to call my relatives
• Syn:
prompt, inspire
• Derivationally related forms:
instigation, instigator, prompting (for: prompt)
• Hypernyms:
induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- They instigate him to write the letter

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  prompt, inspire, incite, set off, stir up