Word: instigated
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: in
sti
ga
ted
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of instigate; serve as the inciting cause of
Morphemes:
Affix: instigate
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: to incite; to bring about by urging or encouraging
Etymology Compounds: Affix: īnstīgātus
Language: la
Decoded: instigatus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: stimulated, set on, incited, roused or urged
Affix: -d
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.