English to English Dictionary -provoke

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Overprovoke :: Overprovoke (v. t.) To provoke excessively.

Provocation :: Provocation (n.) The act of provoking, or causing vexation or, anger..

Provocation :: Provocation (n.) That which provokes, or excites anger; the cause of resentment; as, to give provocation..

Provocation :: Provocation (n.) Incitement; stimulus; as, provocation to mirth..

Provocation :: Provocation (n.) Such prior insult or injury as may be supposed, under the circumstances, to create hot blood, and to excuse an assault made in retort or redress..

Provocation :: Provocation (n.) An appeal to a court. [A Latinism.

Provocative :: Provocative (a.) Serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; exciting..

Provocative :: Provocative (n.) Anything that is provocative; a stimulant; as, a provocative of appetite..

Provocativeness :: Provocativeness (n.) Quality of being provocative.

Provocatory :: Provocatory (a.) Provocative.

Provokable :: Provokable (a.) That may be provoked.

Provoke :: Provoke (v. t.) 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 :: Provoke (v. i.) To cause provocation or anger.

Provoke :: Provoke (v. i.) To appeal. [A Latinism.

Provoked :: Provoked (imp. & p. p.) of Provok.

Provokement :: Provokement (n.) The act that which, provokes; one who excites anger or other passion, or incites to action; as, a provoker of sedition..

Provoking :: Provoking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Provok.

Provoking :: Provoking (a.) Having the power or quality of exciting resentment; tending to awaken passion or vexation; as, provoking words or treatment..

Provost :: Provost (n.) A person who is appointed to superintend, or preside over, something; the chief magistrate in some cities and towns; as, the provost of Edinburgh or of Glasgow, answering to the mayor of other cities; the provost of a college, answering to president; the provost or head of certain collegiate churches..

Provost :: Provost (n.) The keeper of a prison.

Provostship :: Provostship (n.) The office of a provost.