Instigate vs Gladden - What's the difference?
instigate | gladden | Related terms |
To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite.
To cause (something) to become more glad.
*1798 , William Wordsworth,
*:A balmy night! and tho' the stars be dim, / Yet let us think upon the vernal showers / That gladden the green earth, and we shall find / A pleasure in the dimness of the stars.
*1838 , Charles Dickens,
*:Her body was bent by age; her limbs trembled with palsy; her face, distorted into a mumbling leer, resembled more the grotesque shaping of some wild pencil, than the work of Nature's hand. Alas! How few of Nature's faces are left alone to gladden us with their beauty!
(archaic) To become more glad in one's disposition.
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*:In May when every lusty heart flourisheth and bourgeoneth, for as the season is lusty to behold and comfortable, so man and woman rejoice and gladden of summer coming with his fresh flowers: for winter with his rough winds and blasts causeth a lusty man and woman to cower and sit fast by the fire.
Instigate is a related term of gladden.
As verbs the difference between instigate and gladden
is that instigate is to goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite while gladden is to cause (something) to become more glad.instigate
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(Webster 1913)Verb
(instigat)- He hath only instigated his blackest agents to the very extent of their malignity. -Bp. Warburton.
Usage notes
Commonly used with reference to evil actions; as, to instigate one to a crime.Synonyms
* (to goad or urge forward): animate, encourage, impel, incite, provoke, spur, stimulate, tempt, urgeAntonyms
* (to goad or urge forward): halt, prevent, stopDerived terms
* instigation * instigatorExternal links
* * ----gladden
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Verb
(en verb)The Nightingale:
Oliver Twist: