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provoke

/pɹəˈvoʊk/ verbe C1

En français : provoquer

  1. To cause someone to become annoyed or angry. (transitive) · Don't provoke the dog; it may try to bite you.
  2. To bring about a reaction. (transitive)

He/she/it provokes · Prétérit provoked · Participe passé provoked · Forme en -ing provoking

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Participe passé
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Forme en -ing
provoking

Dans la bibliothèque

“No; it is not you who have directly made this exposure and brought this sorrow on us, but you hypocritically provoked it.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 886 · C1
“I get tired of other girls--there is such a provoking and eternal sameness about them.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 300 · C1
On his approaching them soon afterwards, though without seeming to have any intention of speaking, Miss Lucas defied her friend to mention such a subject to him, which immediately provoking Elizabeth to do it, she turned to him and said,--
Pride and Prejudice, p. 25 · B2
She often tried to provoke Darcy into disliking her guest, by talking of their supposed marriage, and planning his happiness in such an alliance.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 57 · B2

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