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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Provoke \Pro*voke"\, v. i.
     1. To cause provocation or anger.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To appeal.
  
     Note: [A Latinism] [Obs.] --Dryden.
           [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Obey his voice, provoke him not.         --Ex. xxiii.
                                                    21.
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           Ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath. --Eph.
                                                    vi. 4.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Such acts
           Of contumacy will provoke the Highest
           To make death in us live.                --Milton.
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           Can honor's voice provoke the silent dust? --Gray.
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           To the poet the meaning is what he pleases to make it,
           what it provokes in his own soul.        -- J.
                                                    Burroughs.
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     Syn: To irritate; arouse; stir up; awake; excite; incite;
          anger. See Irritate.
          [1913 Webster]

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) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  provoke
       v 1: call forth (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"; "This man harasses his
          female co-workers" [syn: harass, hassle, harry, chivy,
           chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  provoke
     Αγγλικά vb.
     προκαλώ

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  provoke
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To cause someone to become annoyed or angry.
     2 (lb en transitive) To bring about a reaction.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  provoke
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To cause someone to become annoyed or angry.
     2 (lb en transitive) To bring about a reaction.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  provoke
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To cause someone to become annoyed or angry.
     2 (lb en transitive) To bring about a reaction.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  provoke
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To cause someone to become annoyed or angry.
     2 (lb en transitive) To bring about a reaction.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  provoke
     Englanti vb.
     1 yllyttää, provosoida
     2 herättää, synnyttää, saada aikaan

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  provoke
     Engelska vb.
     1 provocera, förarga, reta, sporra
     2 provocera fram, vålla, framkalla, leda till

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Provoke /pɹəvˈəʊk/
  أثر

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  provoke //pɹəˈvoʊk// //pɹəˈvəʊk// 
  1. предизвиквам
  to bring about a reaction
  2. провокирам
  to cause to become angry