instigation
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English instigacioun, from Old French instigacïon and Latin instīgātio.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
[edit]instigation (countable and uncountable, plural instigations)
- The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; especially to evil or wickedness.
- 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
- The departure was not unduly prolonged. […] Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; farewells and last commiserations; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]act of instigating
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin īnstigātiōnem.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]instigation f (plural instigations)
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “instigation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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