All 3 Uses of
provoke
in
Persuasion, by Jane Austen
- "Mary is good-natured enough in many respects," said she; "but she does sometimes provoke me excessively, by her nonsense and pride—the Elliot pride.†
Chpt 10provoke = cause (a reaction)
- The part which provoked her most, was that in all this waste of foresight and caution, she should have lost the right moment for seeing whether he saw them.†
Chpt 19 *provoked = caused (a reaction)
- She meant to avoid any such alteration of manners as might provoke a remonstrance on his side.†
Chpt 22provoke = cause (a reaction)
Definition:
to cause a reaction — often an emotional reaction like anger, and sometimes done on purpose