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Meanings of instigation in English

Catalan
encobriment

The verbal act of urging on.

        encobriment
        Portuguese
        instigação
        Spanish
        instigación

        Deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord)

              instigação
              Synonyms
              Examples for "fomentation"
              Examples for "fomentation"
              1
              The herb may be applied externally ill bags as a hot fomentation.
              Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
              2
              And then, fomentation proper for dispelling the wind will not be amiss.
              The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher / Containing his C...
              3
              This explains our hot poultice and fomentation as used with cold cloths.
              Papers on Health
              4
              Apply the leaves as a fomentation and relief will soon follow.
              Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
              5
              Bruised leaves applied as a fomentation, cure the bites or stings of insects.
              Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
              Usage of instigation in English
              1
              We are robust, but there is no tension and instigation of violence.
              The South African
              2
              The project was started at the instigation of the Rape Crisis Centre.
              The Irish Times
              3
              Last night's suspension took place at the instigation of Taoiseach Brian Cowen.
              The Irish Times
              4
              And all by the instigation of a selfish brother, and envious sister-
              Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2
              5
              The fibre revolution we are living through began at Denis Burkitt's instigation.
              The Irish Times
              6
              At the instigation of Murat, and not without some hesitation, Charles IV.
              World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France
              7
              At the Emperor's instigation, the Cardinal Infante, the brother of Philip IV.
              The History of the Thirty Years' War
              8
              To advise immediate arrests already made at your instigation was insulting effrontery.
              Oswald Langdon / or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1...
              9
              It was under English, yes, British, Anglo-Saxon instigation that it first commenced.
              A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions o...
              10
              You could not bring yourself to be false, unless by her instigation.
              Castle Richmond
              11
              At the instigation of Starkad, Ingjald put his wife, Swerting's daughter, aside.
              The Relation of the Hrólfs Saga Kraka and the Bjarkarímur to Beo...
              12
              These men are here at your instigation; you are concerned in their infamy.
              My Lady of Doubt
              13
              The witches raise a storm at the instigation of the devil.
              Elizabethan Demonology / An Essay in Illustration of the Belief ...
              14
              The visit had been made almost at the instigation of the editor himself.
              Phineas Redux
              15
              At the instigation of Jehoiada, King Joash undertook the restoration of the Temple.
              The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4
              16
              The iniquity of the instigation proved its antidote, and when he further added:-
              The Professor
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              Translations for instigation
              Portuguese
              instigação
              Instigation through the time
              Instigation across language varieties
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