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PROVOKE

\pɹəvˈə͡ʊk], \pɹəvˈə‍ʊk], \p_ɹ_ə_v_ˈəʊ_k]\

Definitions of PROVOKE

2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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call forth; of emotions, feelings, and responses; "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

To cause provocation or anger.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To excite or stir up; as, to provoke criticism; to cause; as, to provoke a laugh; enrage or irritate; as, to provoke another to anger.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To call forth: to excite to action: to excite with anger: to offend: (B.) to challenge.
PRoVOKINGLY.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Provocation.
To excite to action; call forth; excite to anger.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

To call into action; to excite; to make angry; to incense; to stir up.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

To call forth or bring into action; to excite or move to; to make angry; to irritate; to produce anger.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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