| Provoke (provoke) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Pro*voke" |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Provoked (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Provoking.] [F. provoquer, L. provocare to call
forth] pro forth + vocare to call, fr. vox,
vocis, voic |
To call forth;
to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or
passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite, as a
person, to action by a challenge, by taunts, or by defiance; to
exasperate; to irritate; to offend intolerably; to cause to
retaliate.
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| Provoke (provoke) |
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| v. i. | |
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| Pro*voke" |
|
To cause provocation or anger.
To appeal. [A Latinism]
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