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provoke
A	verb
	1	provoke, stimulate
				provide the needed stimulus for
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚transfer ╚convey; transmit; communicate ╚communicate; pass on; pass; put across ╚request; bespeak; call for; quest ╚ask ╚request ╚invite; bid ╚challenge ╚provoke, stimulate ╚agitate; foment; stir up ╚incite; instigate; set off; stir up ╚jog ╚rejuvenate ╚entice; lure; tempt
	2	provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up
				call forth; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple"
		Category Tree: make; create ╚cause; do; make ╚provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up ╚pick
	3	arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
				call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
		Category Tree: make; create ╚arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke ╚excite ╚stimulate; shake; shake up; excite; stir ╚inflame; stir up; wake; ignite; heat; fire up ╚prick ╚infatuate ╚rekindle ╚draw ╚invite; ask for ╚strike a chord; touch a chord
	4	harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
				annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"
		Category Tree: displease ╚annoy; rag; get to; bother; get at; irritate; rile; nark; nettle; gravel; vex; chafe; devil ╚harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke ╚haze ╚torment; rag; bedevil; crucify; dun; frustrate ╚needle; goad

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