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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

instigatio

: cf. F.

instigation

The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; esp. to evil or wickedness.

The baseness and villainy that . . . the

instigation

of the devil could bring the sons of men to.

South.

Noun.

Incitement, as to evil or wickedness; the act of encouraging to commit a crime or some evil act.

Temptation; impulse to evil; as the instigation of the devil.