Instigated
Tried and instigated are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tried" instead a verb "Instigated".
Tried
Tried adjective - Worthy of one's trust.
Instigated and tried are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Instigated" instead a verb "Tried".
Both words in one sentence
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Moctezuma, the Emperor of the Mexica/Aztecs, tried to regale Quetzalcoatl/Cortés with Gold, so he would leave, but only instigated greed.
Source: Useful Notes / Mexico -
Weirdness Search and Rescue: The film had the TV Repairman, who instigated the Trapped in TV Land plot, and then ineffectually tried to stop the fallout from it.
Source: Film / Pleasantville - Pleasantville had the TV Repairman, who instigated the Trapped in TV Land plot, and then ineffectually tried to stop the fallout from it.
Source: Weirdness Search and Rescue
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Tried and Instigated. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/instigated/tried
Instigated & Tried. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/instigated/tried>.
Tried or Instigated. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/instigated/tried.
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