Provoke: alternatives and connections

To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dor…

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To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dor…

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To call on or summon by a sacred name or in solemn manner; to implore earnestly; to adjure.

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To call on or summon by a sacred name or in solemn manner; to implore earnestly; to adjure.

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To call out; to summon forth.

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To call out; to summon forth.

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To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; a…

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To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; a…

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To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

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To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

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To change the place of in any manner; to move.

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To change the place of in any manner; to move.

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To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.

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Trouble; vexation; also, physical pain or smart of a sore, etc.

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To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical influence; to torment.

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To injure, as by a blow or collision, without laceration; to contuse; as, to bruise one's finger with a hammer; to bruise the bark of a tree with a s…

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To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet.

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To scatter in fight; to put to rout; to defeat.

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To disarrange; to interfere with; to disturb; to disorder; to unsettle; to break up.

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To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy.

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To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

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A mound or small hill.

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To draw on, by exciting hope or desire; to allure; to attract; as, the bait enticed the fishes. Often in a bad sense: To lead astray; to induce to ev…

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To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a per…

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To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge wet with warm water or medicated liquid.

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Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect.

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To make glad; to cheer; to please; to gratify; to rejoice; to exhilarate.

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A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates.

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Light vapor or smoke in the air which more or less impedes vision, with little or no dampness; a lack of transparency in the air; hence, figuratively…

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A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as manifested in fire…

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A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.

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To kindle or set on fire; as, to ignite paper or wood.

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To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on.

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Infatuated.

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To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.

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To do harm to; to impair the excellence and value of; to hurt; to damage; -- used in a variety of senses; as: (a) To hurt or wound, as the person; to…

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To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite; -- used chiefly with reference to evil actions; as to instigate one to a crime.

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To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest…

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To ask; to request; to bid; to summon; to ask to do some act, or go to some place; esp., to ask to an entertainment or visit; to request the company…

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To push or shake with the elbow or hand; to jostle; esp., to push or touch, in order to give notice, to excite one's attention, or to warn.

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The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by success, good fortune, and the l…

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A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat; -- used by falconers in recalling hawks.

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A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, -- used in sewing.

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To strike against; to attack; to assail.

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To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to vanquish; to subdue; as, the light overpowers the eyes.

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To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion; to catch up with.

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To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to immerse and bear down; to overpower; t…

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To throw; to pitch.

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That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer.

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To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.

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To render young again.

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To kindle again.

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obs. p. p. of Shake.

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A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of having done something which injures reputation, or of the exposure of t…

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Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite.

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To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimul…

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To change the place of in any manner; to move.

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To put to trial; to prove; to test; to try.

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A tier, row, or rank. See Tier.

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An engine for casting stones.

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To make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action; to put out of tune.

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To set up; to put upright.

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The track left by a vessel in the water; by extension, any track; as, the wake of an army.

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To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf.

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To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to tease; to ruffle in mind; to vex; as, I was annoyed by his remarks.

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To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See Pother.

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That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.

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To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.

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An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message con…

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Created; composed; begotten.

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The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind.

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Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand.

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To render null and void.

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A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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A plant of the genus Urtica, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. Urtica gracitis is common in the…

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To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.

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To render turbid or muddy; to stir up; to roil.

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To to/s back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.

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A piece of burning wood.

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A piece of burning wood.

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The act of inciting.

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The act of inciting.

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The act of provoking, or causing vexation or, anger.

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The act of provoking, or causing vexation or, anger.

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Serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; exciting.

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Serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; exciting.

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To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

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To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

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To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dor…

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See Chivy, v. t.

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To goad, drive, hunt, throw, or pitch.

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Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.

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To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle.

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To call out; to summon forth.

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The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.

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To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens o…

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To strip; to lay waste; as, the Northmen came several times and harried the land.

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To bring forth young.

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To trouble; to disturb; to render uneasy; to interfere with; to vex.

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That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation.

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To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

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To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimul…

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