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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Provoke  \Pro*voke"\,  v.  i. 
  1.  To  cause  provocation  or  anger. 
 
  2.  To  appeal. 
 
  Note:  [A  Latinism]  [Obs.]  --Dryden. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Provoke  \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}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  provoke 
  v  1:  call  forth;  of  emotions,  feelings,  and  responses;  "arouse 
  pity";  "raise  a  smile";  "evoke  sympathy"  [syn:  {arouse}, 
  {elicit},  {enkindle},  {kindle},  {evoke},  {fire},  {raise}] 
  2:  call  forth;  "Her  behavior  provoked  a  quarrel  between  the 
  couple"  [syn:  {evoke},  {call  forth},  {kick  up}] 
  3:  provide  the  needed  stimulus  for  [syn:  {stimulate}] 
  4:  annoy  continually  or  chronically;  "He  is  known  to  harry  his 
  staff  when  he  is  overworked"  [syn:  {harass},  {hassle},  {harry}, 
  {chivy},  {chivvy},  {chevy},  {chevvy},  {beset},  {plague}, 
  {molest}] 




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