instigo.
to stimulate, set on, incite, rouse or urge
Meaning & usage
to stimulate, set on, incite, rouse or urge
Tunc cupiditātēs improbās ōrdinant. Tunc quicquid aut metū aut pudōre cēlābat, animus expōnit. Tunc audāciam acuit, libīdinem inrītat, īrācundiam īnstīgat.
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp”), though the exact process of derivation is uncertain. It may have emerged as a denominative in -ō to Proto-Italic *(s)teigos, itself from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg-o-. Alternatively, it may have developed from a compound verb itself derived from earlier *stīgō, -ere, from Proto-Italic *steigō. Cognate to Latin stilus, Ancient Greek στίζω (stízō, “to mark with a pointed instrument”) and Proto-Germanic *stikaną (“to stick, to stab”).
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