Both Uses
provoke
in
The Idiot
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- This remark provoked general mirth, and the old fellow himself laughed loudest of the lot, but ended with a stupendous fit of coughing.†
Chpt 1.13 *provoked = caused (a reaction)
- Take care now; don't provoke me too much, or I'll tell all.†
Chpt 4.2provoke = cause (a reaction)
Definitions:
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(1)
(provoke) to cause a reaction — often an emotional reaction like anger, and sometimes done on purpose
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)