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overprovoke

overprovoke verb: to provoke excessively.

Verb

overprovoke (third-person singular simple present overprovokes, present participle overprovoking, simple past and past participle 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...

Forms of overprovoke

third-person singular presentoverprovokes
present participleoverprovoking
past participleoverprovoked
pastoverprovoked

Origin of overprovoke

From over- + provoke.

Questions about overprovoke

What does overprovoke mean?
Overprovoke means to provoke excessively.
What part of speech is overprovoke?
Overprovoke is a verb.
What is the past tense of overprovoke?
The past tense of overprovoke is overprovoked.

Words near overprovoke in the dictionary

  1. overprovision
  2. overprovisioned
  3. overprovisioning
  4. overprovisions
  5. overprovocation
  6. overprovoke
  7. overprovoked
  8. overprovokes
  9. overprovoking
  10. overprune
  11. overpruned

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