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Meaning of provoke

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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},
           {provoke}]
      2: evoke or provoke to appear or occur; "Her behavior provoked a
         quarrel between the couple" [syn: {provoke}, {evoke}, {call
         forth}, {kick up}]
      3: provide the needed stimulus for [syn: {provoke}, {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},
         {provoke}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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