pa. t. and pa. pple. Obs. [prob. from an inf. *spicchen, = G. dial. spicken to prick, push.] trans. Instigated, urged, stirred up.
1387. Trevisa, Higden (Rolls), I. 7. By þe worþynesse and ensaumple of so worþy writeris i-spiȝt and i-egged [L. provocatus]. Ibid., VII. 429. Robert … made [v.r. spiȝte; L. excitavit] meny Walsche men to rise aȝenst þe kyng.
