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unprovoke

verb

Etymology

From un- + provoke.

  1. derived from prōvocāre
  2. borrowed from provoquer
  3. prefixed as unprovoke — “un + provoke”

Definitions

  1. To undo or counter a provocation.

    • Lechery, sir, it provokes and it unprovokes: it provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance: therefore, much drink may be said to be an equivocator with lechery
    • Then we'll just have to unprovoke him.
    • Just as we in the West say that wine provokes the desire and unprovokes the performance, so in Cipangu they say that Oleander-tea unprovokes the desire but provokes the performance.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA