PROVOKE
\pɹəvˈə͡ʊk], \pɹəvˈəʊk], \p_ɹ_ə_v_ˈəʊ_k]\
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To excite or stir up; as, to provoke criticism; to cause; as, to provoke a laugh; enrage or irritate; as, to provoke another to anger.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To call forth: to excite to action: to excite with anger: to offend: (B.) to challenge.
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PRoVOKINGLY.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Quinones
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