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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
provoke/prəˈvəʊk/
▶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’.



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