overprovoke

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verb

To provoke excessively.

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Meanings

verboverprovoke (third-person singular simple present overprovokes, present participle overprovoking, simple past and past participle overprovoked)

present singular third person overprovokes · participle present overprovoking · participle past overprovoked · past overprovoked

  1. To provoke excessively.

    It grieves him [God], to be over-provoked to our punishment. Then doth he account the cart to crack, yea to break, when he is urged to break forth into just vengeance.

    1630–1634, Joseph Hall, “[Occasional Meditations, […]] On the Sight of a Loaded Cart.”, in Josiah Pratt, editor, The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Hall, D.D. […], volume VI (Devotional Works), London: […] C[harles] Whittingham, […]; for Williams and Smith, […], published 1808, →OCLC, page 222

Origin

From over- + provoke.

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