¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Provokes
1. provoke [v] - See also: provoke
Lexicographical Neighbors of Provokes
Literary usage of Provokes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"Nor, thus forborne, The youth desists, but with insulting scorn provokes the ...
With this, his distant friends he beckons know, Г near, n8i provokes their ..."
2. The Works of Thomas Goodwin, D.D. by Thomas Goodwin (1861)
"First, Examine what might be the true cause that provokes God thus to leave thee.
So Lam. iii. 40, ' Let us search and try our ways ;' it was spoken by the ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1921)
""If one provokes a difficulty in order to be ready prepared to kill another, or
inflict serious bodily harm upon him, he cannot justify such killing on the ..."
4. English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1818)
"A thing may excite a smile, but it provokes laughter; it may excite displeasure,
... anger ;. it may excite joy or sorrow, but it provokes to madness. ..."
5. History of the Discovery and Settlement of the Valley of the Mississippi, by by John Wesley Monette (1848)
"The Continuance of them provokes Invasion of the Indian Country in 1786.—Plan of
Campaign under General Clark and Colonel Logan. ..."
Other Resources:
