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PROVOKE

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provoke verb A. tranzitiv

1. (to) a îmboldi, a incita, a provoca (la).

2. a înfuria, a irita, a enerva; a agasa, a exaspera, a întărâta.

3. a determina, a cauza, a pricinui, a provoca.

provoke verb B. intranzitiv

a pricinui supărare.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

They were now almost at the door of the house, for she had walked fast to get rid of him; and unwilling, for her sister's sake, to provoke him, she only said in reply, with a good-humoured smile: Come, Mr. Wickham, we are brother and sister, you know.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

He felt the disappointment of the young man, and was mortified to have been the means of promoting it, by the sanction he had given; and the part which he was persuaded Emma had taken in the affair, was provoking him exceedingly.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

How provoking you are!

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

All was safe and prosperous; and as the removal of one solicitude generally makes way for another, Emma, being now certain of her ball, began to adopt as the next vexation Mr. Knightley's provoking indifference about it.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

It was most provoking.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

She had half a mind to resent; but an instant's observation convinced her that it was really said only to relieve his own feelings, and not meant to provoke; and therefore she let it pass.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

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