All 4 Uses of
provoke
in
Northanger Abbey
- How very provoking!†
Chpt 2 *
- It was certainly very provoking.†
Chpt 22
- Eleanor had wished to spare her from so painful a notion, but Catherine could not believe it possible that any injury or any misfortune could provoke such ill will against a person not connected, or, at least, not supposed to be connected with it.†
Chpt 28
- Why he had done it, what could have provoked him to such a breach of hospitality, and so suddenly turned all his partial regard for their daughter into actual ill will, was a matter which they were at least as far from divining as Catherine herself; but it did not oppress them by any means so long; and, after a due course of useless conjecture, that "it was a strange business, and that he must be a very strange man," grew enough for all their indignation and wonder; though Sarah indeed…†
Chpt 29
Definition:
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(provoke) to cause a reaction -- typically an emotional reaction such as anger; and sometimes caused intentionally