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Definition
to cause a reaction — typically an emotional reaction such as anger; and sometimes caused intentionally
- Often his unpopular views, expressed disdainfully and with an air of condescension, provoked his listeners to anger.
- If the accounts of Plato and Xenophon are reasonably accurate, Socrates sought not to persuade jurors, but rather to lecture and provoke them.
There are no more uses of "provoke" in The Trial of Socrates by Linder.
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