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[provoke 词源字典] - provoke: see vocation
[provoke etymology, provoke origin, 英语词源] - provoke (v.)
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- late 14c., from Old French provoker, provochier (12c., Modern French provoquer) and directly from Latin provocare "call forth, challenge," from pro- "forth" (see pro-) + vocare "to call" (see voice (n.)). Related: Provoked; provoking.