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Definition of Provoked
1. Adjective. Incited, especially deliberately, to anger. "The provoked animal attacked the child"
Definition of Provoked
1. Verb. (past of ''provoke'') ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Provoked
1. provoke [v] - See also: provoke
Lexicographical Neighbors of Provoked
Literary usage of Provoked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"Their fury, provoked by a feeble oppo- si t ion, discharged itself on the images
of the Imperial family which were erected, as objects of public veneration, ..."
2. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (1889)
"provoked by his ugly words, I stooped and took up a lump of mud—for it had rained—
and hurled it with a quick and unpremeditated movement at his face. ..."
3. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"... Frank in ' School lor Authors,' Major Belford in 'Deuce is in him/ Bob Handy
in ' Speed the Plough/ and Count Basset in 'provoked Husband. ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"It provoked conflicts between the papal and the civil power in Prussia, Austria
and Brazil. •Syllabus* is the name also used for a decree of Pius X (1907), ..."
5. Publications (1853)
"... been provoked by the numerous cruelties and tortures that were now inflicted
on large numbers of persons for their faith. There is no evidence that any ..."
6. In Darkest Africa: Or, The Quest, Rescue and Retreat of Emin, Governor of by Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"... River crossed—Present from the king's mother—The feelings of the natives
provoked by scandalous practices of some of my men—An incident illustrating the ..."
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