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in⋅sti⋅gate

   [in-sti-geyt]
–verb (used with object), -gat⋅ed, -gat⋅ing.
1. to cause by incitement; foment: to instigate a quarrel.
2. to urge, provoke, or incite to some action or course: to instigate the people to revolt.
Origin:
1535–45; < L instīgātus ptp. of instīgāre to goad on, impel, equiv. to in- in- 2 + -stīg- goad, prick (akin to stigma, stick 2 ) + -ātus -ate 1
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instigant

noun
someone who deliberately foments trouble; "she was the instigator of their quarrel" [syn: instigator] 

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