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instigare [CL] 1 to goad, spur, drive on (also fig.). b to urge on, prompt, encourage, incite; c (w. ref. to the Devil). qui equum percussit vel ~avit Vac. Lib. paup. 55; venator ~ans et preda precurrens Gir. TH II 40; qui ad recalcitrandum nobis ‥ vos ~averint Id. SD 136. b ~ante divino numine se ipsum famulum Christi venturum fore ‥ devovit Felix Guthl. 18; ad imitandum bonum auditor sollicitus ~atur Bede HE pref. p. 5; perterritus unde nuntium prius revocaverat, nunc ut illo festinet omnimodis ~at Gosc. Transl. Mild. 21 p. 184. c a776 (11c) si quis ‥ maligno spiritu ~atus hujus donationis nostrae munificentiam infringere nititur CS 220; 853 (v. diabolicus a); 861 (13c) homo diabolica temeritate instagatus CS 855; suggestiones quippe diaboli ad peccatum ~ant P. Waltham Remed. prol. 29; qui ‥ adeo diabolico ~abatur consilio, quod ‥ Chr. Dale 10; verba detractoria et adulatoria necnon et ad malum ~antia [ME: eggunge] non videntur verba hominum sed flatus diabolici et voces ipsius AncrR 22. 2 to rouse to anger. si vero respiciens ~averit eum, canis quoque latrando, licet non mordeat, insequitur ilium Simil. Anselmi 40. 3 to rouse (feeling), provoke (emotion). quid gemitus atque suspiria sanctorum ‥ crebris ~as injuriis Gildas EB 32.

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