Both Uses of
instigate
in
War and Peace
- The young people, at the countess' instigation, gathered round the clavichord and harp.†
Chpt 1 *
- At that very time, in circumstances even more important than retreating without a battle, namely the evacuation and burning of Moscow, Rostopchin, who is usually represented as being the instigator of that event, acted in an altogether different manner from Kutuzov.†
Chpt 11
Definition:
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(instigate) start or set into motion -- typically some kind of conflict