Both Uses
provoke
in
The Yellow Wallpaper
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- pronounced enough to constantly irritate and provoke study
*provoke = cause (in reaction)
- But in the places where it isn't faded and where the sun is just so—I can see a strange, provoking, formless sort of figure, that seems to skulk about behind that silly and conspicuous front design.†
provoking = causing (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)