| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | Something that incites especially a violent response: goad, incitation, incitement, instigation, provocation, stimulus. See CAUSE. | | VERB: | 1. To be the cause of: bring, bring about, bring on, cause, effect, effectuate, generate, induce, ingenerate, lead to, make, occasion, result in, secure, set off, stir1 (up), touch off. Idioms: bring to pass (or effect) , give rise to. See START. 2. To stir to action or feeling: egg on, excite, foment, galvanize, goad, impel, incite, inflame, inspire, instigate, motivate, move, pique, prick, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, set off, spur, stimulate, touch off, work up. See CAUSE, EXCITE.
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