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provoke

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'.

Википедия

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