Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Provocation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act that which, provokes; one who excites anger or other passion, or incites to action.
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- noun
Provocation .
Etymologies
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From provoke + -ment.
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Examples
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"You will bear me witness, Lord Humphrey," said I, "that the quarrel was not of my provokement."
Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes James Branch Cabell 1918
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