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in·sti·gate / ˈinstiˌgāt/ • v. [tr.] bring about or initiate (an action or event): they instigated a reign of terror instigating legal proceedings. ∎ (instigate someone to do something) incite someone to do something, esp. something bad: instigating men to refuse allegiance to the civil powers. See notes at encourage, incite.DERIVATIVES: in·sti·ga·tor / -ˌgātər/ n.
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Allegation , allegation XV. — (O)F. allégation or L. allēgātiō, -ōn-, f. allēgāre bring forward, f. AL-1 + lēgāre dispatch, commission (cf. LEGATE); see -ATION.
a… circumnavigate , cir·cum·nav·i·gate / ˌsərkəmˈnavəˌgāt/ • v. [tr.] sail all the way around (something, esp. the world). ∎ humorous go around or across (something): he… Fix , fix / fiks/ • v. [tr.] 1. [tr.] fasten (something) securely in a particular place or position: fix the clamp on a rail the upper jaw of an amphibian… Agitate , agitate •lactate, tractate •apartheid • peltate • edentate •testate • dictate • meditate • agitate •vegetate • interdigitate •cogitate, excogitate •i… derogate , der·o·gate / ˈderəˌgāt/ • v. formal 1. [tr.] disparage (someone or something): it is typical of Pirandello to derogate the powers of reason. 2. [intr… jettison , jettison •Masson •flaxen, Jackson, klaxon, Sachsen, Saxon, waxen •Samson •Branson, Jansen, Manson, Nansen •arson, Carson, fasten, parson, sarsen •Bre…
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