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What (who) is Provoke - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Provocative; Provoke; Provokes; Provoked; Provoking; Provocations; Provoker; Provokers; Provocation (disambiguation); Provoked (album)
provoke
v.
1) (D; tr.) to provoke into (to provoke smb. into doing smt.)
2) (rare) (H) to provoke smb. to do smt.
Provoke
·vi To appeal. [A Latinism].
II. Provoke ·vi To cause provocation or anger.
III. Provoke ·vt 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.
provoke
¦ verb
1. stimulate (a reaction or emotion, typically a strong or unwelcome one) in someone.
2. deliberately annoy or anger.
incite to do or feel something, especially by arousing anger.
Derivatives
provokable adjective
provoker noun
provoking adjective
provokingly adverb
Origin
ME: from OFr. provoquer, from L. provocare 'challenge', from pro- 'forth' + vocare 'to call'.
Wikipedia
Provocation
Provocation, provoke or provoked may refer to:
- Provocation (legal), a type of legal defense in court which claims the "victim" provoked the accused's actions
- Agent provocateur, a (generally political) group that tries to goad a desired response from the group or otherwise disrupt its activity
- Provocation test, a way of medical testing for conditions such as an allergy by provoking the immune system's response
- Provoke (album), a 1998 album by Altar and their final release on Displeased Records
- Provoker (band), an American post-punk band
- Provoke (magazine), a Japanese photography and arts magazine, 1967–1968
- Provoked (film), a 2007 British film starring Aishwarya Rai and Naveen Andrews
- Provoked (Henry Rollins album), a 2008 album by Henry Rollins
- Provoked (Sunny Sweeney album), a 2014 album by Sunny Sweeney
- Provoke (horse), a racehorse
Examples of use of Provoke
1. Surgical innovations can still provoke revulsion.
2. These provoke widespread irritation, even derision.
3. "I didn‘t do it to provoke anger, I didn‘t do it to provoke violence," Cavic told The Associated Press on Thursday.
4. Short‘s sponsorship will inspire some and provoke others.
5. More polls» His remarks are bound to provoke huge controversy.