prompt, inspire, instigate
(verb) serve as the inciting cause of; “She prompted me to call my relatives”
incite, instigate, set off, stir up
(verb) provoke or stir up; “incite a riot”; “set off great unrest among the people”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
instigate (third-person singular simple present instigates, present participle instigating, simple past and past participle instigated)
(transitive) to incite; to bring about by urging or encouraging
(transitive) to goad or urge (a person) forward, especially to wicked actions; to provoke
Synonyms: animate, encourage, impel, incite, provoke, spur, stimulate, tempt, urge
Antonyms: halt, prevent, stop
Source: Wiktionary
In"sti*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Instigated; p. pr. & vb. n. Instigating.] Etym: [L. instigatus, p. p. of instigare to instigate; pref. in- in + a root akin to G. stechen to prick, E. stick. See Stick.]
Definition: To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite; -- used chiefly with reference to evil actions; as to instigate one to a crime. He hath only instigated his blackest agents to the very extent of their malignity. Bp. Warburton.
Syn.
– To stimulate; urge; spur; provoke; tempt; incite; impel; encourage; animate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 May 2025
(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
