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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

provoke XV. — (O)F. provoquer or L. prōvocāre, f. PRO-1 + vocāre call.
So provocation, provocative XV. — (O)F. or (late) L.

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