Definition of Provoke
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(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.
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(v. i.) To cause provocation or anger.
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(v. i.) To appeal. [A Latinism]
Antonyms of Provoke
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Homophones of Provoke
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