Translation
to urge, to incite, to prompt
Word origin
From Latin instigare, to goad or spur on, from in- ('on') plus a root meaning 'to prick'. The same pricking root sits in Greek stizein and so in the English word stigma, which began as a pricked mark.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- instigare
- English cognates
- instigate, stigma
Examples
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His speech prompted us to start the work.
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She urged me to write the letter.
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What prompted you to come here?
The ending misleads. is a whole root ending in - by accident, not inst- plus the causative suffix --, so there is no insti behind it. Compare (from , to force someone), which really is built that way. pushes; merely suggests.
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Start your free weekThis word is part of lesson 31.