Both Uses of
provoke
in
Common Sense, by Thomas Paine
- I mean not to exhibit horror for the purpose of provoking revenge, but to awaken us from fatal and unmanly slumbers, that we may pursue determinately some fixed object.†
Chpt 3.provoking = causing (a reaction)
- The robber, and the murderer, would often escape unpunished, did not the injuries which our tempers sustain, provoke us into justice.†
Chpt 3. *provoke = cause (a reaction)
Definition:
to cause a reaction -- typically an emotional reaction such as anger; and sometimes caused intentionally