подстрека́ть — meaning in English

English meaning

• abet verb To help or encourage someone to do something wrong, especially a crime.
• foment verb To stir up trouble or push people towards taking action, often unrest.
• goad noun A long pointed stick used to prod animals into moving.
• incite verb To urge or provoke someone into action, especially something violent or unlawful.
• instigate verb To start or bring about a course of action by encouraging or pushing others toward it, especially something disruptive.
• prod verb To poke someone or something, usually with a finger or pointed object.
• urge noun A strong impulse or desire to do something.

Senses

подстрека́ть is used for these senses in English:

• abet (transitive, crime) To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime. [ca. 1350–1470]
• egg on (transitive, idiomatic) To encourage or coax (a person) to do something, especially something foolhardy or reckless.
• foment (transitive) To incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate.
• goad To incite or provoke.
• incite (transitive) To stir up or excite; to rouse or goad into action.
• instigate (transitive) To goad or urge (a person) forward, especially to wicked actions.
• prod (transitive) To poke, to push, to touch.
• prod (transitive, informal) To encourage, to prompt.

abet — full definition

1. verb To help or encourage someone to do something wrong, especially a crime.
2. verb To support or back up a good cause, opinion or action.
3. verb To push someone towards doing something worthwhile.
4. verb (dated) To back a prediction by putting money on it.

foment — full definition

1. verb To stir up trouble or push people towards taking action, often unrest.
2. verb (dated) To treat a part of the body by bathing it, or by applying a warm, moist dressing.

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