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Definition
to cause a reaction — typically an emotional reaction such as anger; and sometimes caused intentionally
- It was such a very provoking question (for it had never in the most distant manner occurred to me), that I said, snappishly,— "Biddy, what do you mean?"Chapter 19 (18% in)
- While I felt sincerely obliged to him for being so interested and considerate, I had an odd half-provoked sense of suspicion upon me, that if Joe had been coming to see him, he wouldn't have been quite so brisk about it.Chapter 27 (18% in)
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