... s adverb see provoking Webster's 1913 Dictionary Provoking Pro*vok"ing, a. Having the power or quality of exciting resentment ... awaken passion or vexation; as, provoking words or treatment. -- Pro*vok"ing*ly, adv.
... anger ; annoying • provokingly adverb Webster's 1913 Dictionary Provoking Pro*vok"ing, a. Having the power or quality of exciting resentment ... awaken passion or vexation; as, provoking words or treatment. -- Pro*vok"ing*ly, adv. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Provoke Pro*voke ...
... definitions International Standard Bible Encyclopedia prov-o-ka'-shun, pro-vok': "Provoke," literally, "to call forth," hence, to excite or stir ...