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provocare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • aggro noun British informal: trouble, hassle, or aggressive confrontation.
  • arouse verb To stir up or bring about a feeling, reaction, or interest.
  • cause noun The thing that makes something happen; the origin of an effect.
  • chafe noun Heat excited by friction.
  • elicit verb To draw out a response, reaction, or piece of information from someone, often through careful questioning.
  • excite verb To stir up strong feelings in someone, especially enthusiasm or eagerness.
  • induce verb To persuade or influence someone to do something.
  • provoke verb To deliberately anger or irritate someone.
  • tease verb To poke fun at someone playfully or, sometimes, unkindly.
  • trigger noun The small lever pulled with a finger to fire a gun.
  • urge noun A strong impulse or desire to do something.

Senses

provocare is used for these senses in English:

  • aggro (gaming, transitive) To cause (a non-player character) to become aggressive towards the player's character.
  • arouse (transitive) To stimulate or induce (feelings); pique.
  • cause (transitive) To set off an event or action; to bring about; to produce.
  • chafe (transitive, figurative) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
  • elicit To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.
  • excite (transitive) To arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate.
  • induce (transitive) To cause, bring about, lead to.
  • provoke (transitive) To cause someone to become annoyed or angry.

aggro — full definition

  1. noun British informal: trouble, hassle, or aggressive confrontation.
  2. noun In video games, the level of hostile attention a player has drawn from an enemy.
  3. adj Aggressive or looking for a fight.

arouse — full definition

  1. verb To stir up or bring about a feeling, reaction, or interest.
  2. verb To sexually excite someone.
  3. verb To wake someone from sleep.

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