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instigations

instigations is the plural of instigation.

Meaning of instigation

Noun

instigation (countable and uncountable, plural instigations)

  1. The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; especially to evil or wickedness.
    • The departure was not unduly prolonged.[…]Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; farewells and last commiserations; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette...1921, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC

Questions about instigations

What is instigations the plural of?
Instigations is the plural of instigation.

Words near instigations in the dictionary

  1. instigaters
  2. instigates
  3. instigating
  4. instigatingly
  5. instigation
  6. instigations
  7. instigative
  8. instigator
  9. instigators
  10. instigatory
  11. instigatour

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