Both Uses

provoke
in
All the Pretty Horses
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That night they camped on a ledge of rock above the plains and watched the lightning all along the horizon provoke from the seamless dark the distant mountain ranges again and again.†
Chpt 1 *

provoke = cause (a reaction)
And after and for a long time to come he'd have reason to evoke the recollection of those smiles and to reflect upon the good will which provoked them for it had power to protect and to confer honor and to strengthen resolve and it had power to heal men and to bring them to safety long after all other resources were exhausted.†
Chpt 4

provoked = caused (a reaction)

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)