Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

“instigating” is a form of

instigate

/ˈɪnstəɡeɪt/ verb

Forms instigates instigating instigated

verb (transitive) To bring about by urging or encouraging. “to instigate a riot”
verb (transitive) To goad or urge (a person) forward, especially to wicked actions. “to instigate someone to a crime”

Synonyms

Borrowed from Latin īnstīgātus, perfect passive participle of īnstīgō (“to instigate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

verb 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.

Etymology [L. instigatus, p. p. of instigare to instigate; pref. in- in + a root akin to G. stechen to prick, E. stick. See Stick.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “instigate”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “instigate” (best matches first).

प्रमीव् pra-mīv -mīvati, -mīvitum, to push towards, press; to instigate, incite.
उत्तिज् ut-tij -tejayati, -yitum, to excite, stimulate, incite, instigate, urge on, stir up, animate.
प्रतिचुद् prati-cud -codayati, -yitum, to drive on, push on, impel, urge on, instigate; to fall upon, assail, attack.
व्युत्था vy-ut-thā -thāpayati, -yitum, to cause to rise up, stir up, excite greatly, rouse, instigate, incite, irritate.
प्रतुद् pra-tud -tudati, -te, -tottum, to strike at, strike, cut, pierce: Caus. -todayati, -yitum, to pierce; to push on, in…
प्रोत्सह् prot-sah -sahati, -te, -sahitum, -soḍhum, to make effort, exert one's self; to take courage, take heart: Caus. -sāhay…
उपजप् upa-jap -japati, -japitum, to whisper into the ears (of another), to bring over to one's own party by secretly sugge…
सञ्चुद् sañ-cud -codayati, -yitum, to impel, push on, incite, drive, shoot off; to excite, inflame, arouse, animate, instiga…