To call into action; to arouse; to excite; as, to provoke anger or wrath by offensive words or by injury; to provoke war.

To make angry; to offend; to incense; to enrage. Ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath. Ephesians 6:4. Often provoked by the insolence of some of the bishops-- .

To excite; to cause; as, to provoke perspiration; to provoke a smile.

To excite; to stimulate; to increase. The taste of pleasure provokes the appetite, and every successive indulgence of vice which is to form a habit, is easier than the last.

To challenge. He now provokes the sea-gods from the shore.

To move; to incite; to stir up; to induce by motives. Romans 10:19. Let us consider one another to provoke to love and to good works. Hebrews 10:24.

To incite; to rouse; as, to provoke one to anger. Deuteronomy 32:16.

To appeal.