instigate Copy link Outline 1. instīgo, 1 (as it were, to goad on)2. exăcuo, i, ūtum, 3 (to whet the feelings3. sollĭcĭto, 1 (to stir up and provoke4. stĭmulo, 1 (like instīgo, but usu. in good sense)5. incĭto, 1 • instigate: 1. instīgo, 1 (as it were, to goad on): they i.d the Romans against Hannibal, Romanos in Hannibalem instigabant, Liv. 33, 47, med.: Cic. 2. exăcuo, i, ūtum, 3 (to whet the feelings: more freq. in good sense): v. to excite (I., 6). 3. sollĭcĭto, 1 (to stir up and provoke: always in bad sense): i.d by bribes from the Arverni, sollicitatus ab Arvernis pecunia, Caes. B. G. 7, 37: to i. slaves to insurrection, servitia s., Sall. Cat. 24, extr. The end to which, expr. by ad, ut, and poet. by inf. 4. stĭmulo, 1 (like instīgo, but usu. in good sense): v. to goad (II.); stimulate. 5. incĭto, 1: v. to incite.