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Provocation
n.
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Such prior insult or injury as may be supposed, under the circumstances, to create hot blood, and to excuse an assault made in retort or redress.
Provocation
n.
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An appeal to a court. [A Latinism]
Provocative
a.
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Serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; exciting.
Provocative
n.
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Anything that is provocative; a stimulant; as, a provocative of appetite.
Provocativeness
n.
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Quality of being provocative.
Provocatory
a.
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Provocative.
Provokable
a.
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That may be provoked.
Provoked
imp. & p. p.
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of Provoke
Provoking
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Provoke
Provoke
v. t.
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To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite, as a person, to action by a challenge, by taunts, or by defiance; to exasperate; to irritate; to offend intolerably; to cause to retaliate.
Provoke
v. i.
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To cause provocation or anger.
Provoke
v. i.
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To appeal. [A Latinism]
Provokement
n.
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The act that which, provokes; one who excites anger or other passion, or incites to action; as, a provoker of sedition.
Provoking
a.
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Having the power or quality of exciting resentment; tending to awaken passion or vexation; as, provoking words or treatment.
Provost
n.
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A person who is appointed to superintend, or preside over, something; the chief magistrate in some cities and towns; as, the provost of Edinburgh or of Glasgow, answering to the mayor of other cities; the provost of a college, answering to president; the provost or head of certain collegiate churches.
Provost
n.
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The keeper of a prison.
Provostship
n.
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The office of a provost.
Prow
n.
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The fore part of a vessel; the bow; the stem; hence, the vessel itself.
Prow
n.
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See Proa.
Prow
superl.
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Valiant; brave; gallant; courageous.
Prow
a.
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Benefit; profit; good; advantage.
Prowess
a.
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Distinguished bravery; valor; especially, military bravery and skill; gallantry; intrepidity; fearlessness.
Prowled
imp. & p. p.
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of Prowl
Prowling
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Prowl
Prowl
v. t.
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To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; esp., to search in, as for prey or booty.
Prowl
v. t.
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To collect by plunder; as, to prowl money.
Prowl
v. i.
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To rove or wander stealthily, esp. for prey, as a wild beast; hence, to prey; to plunder.
Prowl
n.
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The act of prowling.
Prowler
n.
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One that prowls.
Prowling
a.
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Accustomed to prowl, or engaged in roving stealthily, as for prey.