All 8 Uses
provoke
in
Macbeth
(Edited)
- Faith, sir, we were carousing till the second cock: and drink, sir, is a great provoker of three things.
p. 63.1
- Faith, sir, we were carousing till the second cock: and drink, sir, is a great provoker of three things.
p. 64.5
- What three things does drink especially provoke?
p. 63.2
- What three things does drink especially provoke?
p. 64.5
- it provokes and unprovokes;
p. 63.3
- it provokes and unprovokes;
p. 64.6
- [of alcohol] It provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance.
p. 63.3 *
- [of alcohol] It provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance.
p. 64.6 *
Definitions:
-
(1)
(provoke) to cause a reaction — often an emotional reaction like anger, and sometimes done on purpose
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)