Both Uses of
provoke
in
Love's Labour's Lost
- By virtue thou enforcest laughter; thy silly thought, my spleen; the heaving of my lungs provokes me to ridiculous smiling: O!†
Scene 3.1 *provokes = causes (a reaction)
- Rebuke me not for that which you provoke: The virtue of your eye must break my oath.†
Scene 5.2provoke = cause (a reaction)
Definition:
to cause a reaction -- typically an emotional reaction such as anger; and sometimes caused intentionally