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Provoke Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Provoke? [v] provide the needed stimulus for [v] call forth; of emotions, feelings, and responses; "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" [v] call forth; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple" [v] annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Provoke: arouse \| beset \| call forth \| chevvy \| chevy \| chivvy \| chivy \| elicit \| enkindle \| evoke \| evoke \| fire \| harass \| harry \| hassle \| kick up \| kindle \| molest \| plague \| raise \| stimulate Related Terms \| Find terms related to Provoke: See Also \| agitate \| anger \| annoy \| ask for \| bedevil \| bother \| bruise \| cause \| chafe \| challenge \| create \| crucify \| devil \| discomfit \| discompose \| disconcert \| do \| draw \| dun \| entice \| excite \| fire up \| foment \| frustrate \| get at \| get to \| goad \| gravel \| heat \| hurt \| ignite \| incite \| infatuate \| inflame \| injure \| instigate \| interest \| invite \| irritate \| jog \| lure \| make \| make \| nark \| needle \| nettle \| offend \| overcome \| overpower \| overtake \| overwhelm \| pick \| prick \| rag \| rejuvenate \| rekindle \| rile \| set off \| shake \| shake up \| shame \| spite \| stimulate \| stir \| stir up \| stir up \| sweep over \| tempt \| torment \| untune \| upset \| vex \| wake \| whelm \| wound Provoke In Webster's Dictionary \Provoke"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Provoked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Provoking}.] [F. provoquer, L. provocare to call forth; pro forth + vocare to call, fr. vox, vocis, voice, cry, call. See {Voice}.] 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. Obey his voice, provoke him not. --Ex. xxiii. 21. Ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath. --Eph. vi. 4. Such acts Of contumacy will provoke the Highest To make death in us live. --Milton. Can honor's voice provoke the silent dust? --Gray. To the poet the meaning is what he pleases to make it, what it provokes in his own soul. -- J. Burroughs. Syn: To irritate; arouse; stir up; awake; excite; incite; anger. See {Irritate}. \Provoke"\, v. i. 1. To cause provocation or anger. 2. To appeal. Note: [A Latinism] [Obs.] --Dryden.

Provoke Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Provoke?

[v] provide the needed stimulus for
[v] call forth; of emotions, feelings, and responses; "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
[v] call forth; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple"
[v] annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"

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Provoke In Webster's Dictionary

\Pro*voke"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Provoked}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Provoking}.] [F. provoquer, L. provocare to call
forth; pro forth + vocare to call, fr. vox, vocis, voice,
cry, call. See {Voice}.]
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.

      Obey his voice, provoke him not.         --Ex. xxiii.
                                               21.

      Ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath. --Eph.
                                               vi. 4.

      Such acts Of contumacy will provoke the Highest To make
      death in us live.                        --Milton.

      Can honor's voice provoke the silent dust? --Gray.

      To the poet the meaning is what he pleases to make it,
      what it provokes in his own soul.        -- J.
                                               Burroughs.

Syn: To irritate; arouse; stir up; awake; excite; incite;
     anger. See {Irritate}.


\Pro*voke"\, v. i.
1. To cause provocation or anger.

2. To appeal.

Note: [A Latinism] [Obs.] --Dryden.

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