Provocation

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster

Provocation - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

PROVOCA'TION, n. [L.provacatio. See Provoke.]

1. Any thing that excites anger; the cause of resentment.

1 Ki 21.

2. The act of exciting anger.

3. An appeal to a court or judge. [A Latinism, not now used.]

4. Incitement. [Not used.]

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Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

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