Instigo, instigas, pe. pro. instigare. Ter. To mooue: to stirre, or pricke forward: to egge or prouoke.Varijs instigat vocibus alas. Vir. Sequentem instigant studijs. Vir. Instigare aliquem in alterum. Li. To stir one against a mã.Instigari sermonibus alicuius. Col. To bee prouoked or stirred with ones wordes.Instigante deo, numine, &c. Siu.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
instīgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [from in and stigo (unused), cf. Gr. sti/zw; Sanscr. tig, tij, to be sharp; cf. stimulus for stig-mulus, stilus for stig-lus], to urge, stimulate, stir up, set on, incite, instigate (class.): si hic non insanit satis sua sponte, instiga, Ter. And. 4, 2, 9: instigante te,