instigation
11instigation — noun 1 at sb s instigation formal because of someone s suggestion, request or demand: At Canham s instigation, a clerk brought in an electric fan. 2 (U) the act of starting something …
12instigation — noun 1) it was primarily Aaron s instigation that brought the festival into being Syn: prompting, suggestion, recommendation; request, entreaty, demand, insistence; wish, desire, persuasion; formal instance 2) foreign instigation is suspected to… …
13INSTIGATION — n. f. Incitation, suggestion, sollicitation pressante par laquelle on pousse quelqu’un à faire quelque chose. Il se prend le plus souvent en mauvaise part. Il a fait cela à l’instigation d’un tel. Il s’est laissé prendre aux instigations de ce… …
14instigation — /in sti gay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of instigating; incitement. 2. an incentive. [1375 1425; late ME < L instigation (s. of instigatio). See INSTIGATE, ION] * * * …
15instigation — instigate ► VERB 1) bring about or initiate. 2) (instigate to/to do) incite (someone) to do. DERIVATIVES instigation noun instigator noun. ORIGIN Latin instigare urge, incite …
16instigation — noun see instigate …
17instigation — noun The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; especially to evil or wickedness. See Also: instigate, instigator …
18instigation — Synonyms and related words: agitation, arousal, catalyst, exasperation, excitation, excitement, firing, fomentation, goad, impetus, impulse, incentive, incitation, incitement, inflammation, irritation, pep rally, pep talk, provocation, rabble… …
19Instigation — Droit pénal: une des modalités de la complicité prévue par le Code pénal ; elle consiste à pousser une personne à commettre une infraction ; elle peut se manifester par la provocation ou la fourniture d instructions …
20instigation — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. prompting, influence, stimulation; see encouragement 1 , incentive , urging . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Something that incites especially a violent response: goad, incitation, incitement, provocation, stimulus, trigger …
