Instigate – Bring about, provoke, or cause an event to happen

PRONOUNCE INSTIGATE

(Pronounced in-sti-gate)

REMEMBER MEANING OF INSTIGATE

To remember the definition of the word instigate, use the following mnemonic:

Instant gate! (instigate). All she had to do to bring it about was to snap her fingers.

Examples of instigate in a sentence.

Justine hoped to instigate Will and Gail's separation.

Hopefully, the red band campaign will instigate a greater awareness of cancer prevention. 

Poverty is a factor that is known to instigate crime.