provocate

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provocate

/pɹəˈvɒk.eɪt/ UK
/pɹəˈvɑ(ː).keɪt/ US

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From Middle English provocaten, from Latin prōvocō, prōvocātus. Doublet of provoke.

verb provocates · provocating · provocated

To provoke. The movie called It is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse But the Society In Which He Lives was a provocating movie. It dramatized the situation and got hard reactions from the gays and the straights. But when you look at it now it is full of hate. And it was OK, in a way, to provocate, but it was n
To call forth.
To challenge.

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@misc{provocate_2026,
  title = {provocate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/provocate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}