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- I suddenly began to feel provoked.†
Chpt 2.6 *provoked = caused (a reaction)
- "She was in debt to her madam," I retorted, more and more provoked by the discussion; "and went on earning money for her up to the end, though she was in consumption.†
Chpt 2.6
- But something hideous at once stifled all compassion in me; it even provoked me to greater venom.†
Chpt 2.9
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)