to call forth, call out, summon: Pamphilam cantatum, T.: ad se Simonidem,
Ph.: <*>oseo ore diem, O.—To call out, challenge,
invite: (Aiacem) ad pugnam: provocatus haec spolia ex hoste
caeso porto, L.: in provocantem hostem pugnare,
L.—To go before a higher tribunal, appeal, make an appeal: de maiestate ad populum: ab omni iudicio poenāque provocari
licere.—Fig., to excite, stimulate, exasperate, stir up, rouse:
maledictis me: beneficio provocati: sermonibus, Cs.:
munificentiā nostrā plebem, L.:
bellum, Ta.
Lewis, Charlton, T. An Elementary Latin Dictionary. New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago. American Book Company. 1890.
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