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instigative

instigative adjective: tending to instigate.

Adjective

instigative (comparative more instigative, superlative most instigative)

  1. Tending to instigate.
    • Some are Instigative, and others Arrestive.1850, James McCosh, The Method of the Divine Government

Forms of instigative

comparativemore instigative
superlativemost instigative

Origin of instigative

From instigate + -ive.

Questions about instigative

What does instigative mean?
Instigative means tending to instigate.
What part of speech is instigative?
Instigative is an adjective.

Words near instigative in the dictionary

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

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