Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Provocá-re, v. a.
1. to provoke, anger, exasperate;2. to urge, stir, move, or stir up; 3. to implore, ask for; 4. to be the cause of any thing; v. r. to become excited; s. m. Provocá-tóre, f.Provocá-tríce; adj. Provocá-nte.