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Instigate

To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite; -- used chiefly with reference to evil actions; as to instigate one to a crime.

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Broader term 7

Cause 76% connected

That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Get 76% connected

Jet, the mineral.

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have 76% connected

of Have

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Induce 76% connected

To lead in; to introduce.

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Provoke 76% connected

To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stimulate 76% connected

To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimul…

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Manner of action 1

Raise 76% connected

To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

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Derivationally related 6

Inciter 74% connected

One who, or that which, incites.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Inciter 74% connected

One who, or that which, incites.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Instigation 74% connected

The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; esp. to evil or wickedness.

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Instigation 74% connected

The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; esp. to evil or wickedness.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Suggestion 74% connected

The act of suggesting; presentation of an idea.

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Suggestion 74% connected

The act of suggesting; presentation of an idea.

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Causes 2

Act 72% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Move 72% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Incite 92% connected

To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Inspire 92% connected

To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Prompt 92% connected

A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See Prompt-note.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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