(v. t.) To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite, as a person, to action by a challenge, by taunts, or by defiance; to exasperate; to irritate; to offend intolerably; to cause to retaliate.
(v. i.) To cause provocation or anger.
(v. i.) To appeal. [A Latinism]
Example Sentences:
(1) "Zayani reportedly cited the political sensitivity of naturalising Sunni expatriates and wanted to avoid provoking the opposition," the embassy said.
(2) They can rarely be detected spontaneously but most often are provoked.
(3) Lactate-induced anxiety and symptom attacks without panic were seen more often in the groups with panic attacks, but a full-blown panic attack was provoked in only four subjects, all belonging to the groups with a history of panic attacks.
(4) It was an artwork that fired the imaginations of 2 million visitors who played with, were provoked by and plunged themselves into the curious atmosphere of The Weather Project , with its swirling mist and gigantic mirrors that covered the hall's ceiling.
(5) Following treatment with reserpine or alternatively with a combination of phenothiazines (Randolektil, Majeptil) a drug-induced parkinsonoid reaction was provoked in rats.
(6) Studies were conducted in isolated, buffer-perfused rat lungs to determine if prostaglandin (PG) E1 attenuated pulmonary edema provoked by hydrogen peroxide (H2O2).
(7) It could provoke the gravest risk, that all three rating agencies declare a credit event and then there are big contagion risks for other countries," he said.
(8) Carotid nerves block provoked transient ventilatory depression, decreasing VT by 46% and fR by 26%, followed by recovery to steady-state values in VT, fR and PETCO2.
(9) The 2nd experiment investigated memory for details of a provoking experience.
(10) In normal as well as in cirrhotic subjects somatostatin infusion provoked a marked reduction of the IRI plasma level and this was uninfluenced by subsequent glucagon administration.
(11) Koons provoked a bigger stir with the news that he would be showing with gallery owner David Zwirner next year in an apparent defection from Zwirner's arch-rival Larry Gagosian, the world's most powerful art dealer.
(12) Pain relieved by antacids, age above 40 years, previous peptic ulcer disease, male sex, symptoms provoked by berries, and night pain relieved by antacids and food were found to predict organic dyspepsia with a sensitivity and specificity of approximately 70%, when applied on the observed material.
(13) Monosodium glutamate (MSG) taken per os has been found to stimulate gastric secretion provoked by pentagastrin.
(14) The higher degree of tachycardia in conscious dogs provoked by clenbuterol is a result of a reflex reaction to the vasodilation analogous to that of salbutamol.
(15) In some of the 10 patients who tolerated cow's milk challenge clinically there was an increase in both IgA- and IgM-containing cells suggestive of a local immunological reaction although no clinical intolerance was provoked and other immunological signs were weak or absent.
(16) They can genuinely believe their partner provoked them to commit the abuse, just so they could get them in trouble.
(17) After reviewing the immunological anomalies provoked by the human immuno-deficiency virus (HIV) as well as their implications in pulmonary pathology, the authors enumerate the diagnostic and therapeutic methods currently available in the treatment of patients suffering from AIDS and pulmonary diseases.
(18) Coronary spasm was provoked by ergonovine maleate in four of 12 patients in group A (33%) and in three patients in group B (18%).
(19) Similar areas provoked by exercise or atrial pacing represent the site of acute ischaemia.
(20) Insulin-induced hypoglycemia provokes polyribosome disaggregation and accumulation of monomeric ribosomes in the brain of rats with hypoglycemic paresis and coma.
Tarre
Definition:
(v.) To set on, as a dog; to incite.
Example Sentences:
(1) features resembling those reported for the 'Rieske'-type iron-sulphur protein purified from the bacterium Thermus thermophilus [Fee, Findling, Yoshida, Hille, Tarr, Hearshen, Dunham, Day, Kent & Münck (1984) J. Biol, Chem.
(2) Russel Tarr, history teacher whose Mr Men-themed resources were attacked by Gove If he'd taken the time to listen, then he probably would have found his job wasn't as difficult as he made it for himself.
(3) Some of the most highly-regarded film directors in Europe, including Pedro Almodóvar , Ken Loach, Béla Tarr and Wim Wenders, have co-signed a letter to Russian authorities who are currently detaining a Ukrainian film-maker, Oleg Sentsov.
(4) An ATP-dependent purine deoxyribonucleoside kinase activity is known only in salmon milt extracts (H. L. A. Tarr, Can.
(5) In a blogpost on his Active History website , Tarr has drawn a mock Mr Men book in which Gove is Mr Point.
(6) Last year, prominent European film directors including Pedro Almodóvar, Ken Loach, Béla Tarr and Wim Wenders signed an open letter to president Vladimir Putin protesting against Sentsov’s “apparently arbitrary detention”.
(7) Tarr, who has been a full-time history teacher for 16 years, suggests 15- and 16-year-olds depict the rise of Hitler as a Mr Men story for 10- and 11-year-olds as part of their iGCSE revision .
(8) In any case, Tarr argues, the exercise is "highly challenging and in no way represents the 'infantilisation' of students 'on the verge of university'".
(9) Tarr argues that the Mr Men lesson plan is a revision tool at the end of a six-week course on the rise of Hitler during which pupils would have written an externally moderated 1,000-word essay analysing the causes for Hitler's election as German chancellor in January 1933.
(10) "The creation of children's storybooks is an excellent revision exercise, but not the primary method by which I teach any topic whatsoever," Tarr writes.
(11) A., Findling, K. L., Yoshida, T., Hille, R., Tarr, G. E., Hearshen, D. O., Dunham, W. R., Day, E. P., Kent, T. A., and Munck, E. (1984) J. Biol.
(12) He has also turned in memorable performances in Inception and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (as agent Ricki Tarr).
(13) We present experimental evidence which confirms recently proposed ring current prediction methods for assigning hydrogen-bond proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra from tRNA (Robillard, G. T., Tarr, C. E., Vosman, F., & Berendsen, H. J. C. (1976) Nature (London) 262, 363-369; Robillard, G. T., Tarr, C. E., Vosman, F., & Sussman, J. L. (1977) Biophys.
(14) Last week, Gove cited a lesson plan posted by teacher Russel Tarr on his website to illustrate what the minister said was the "culture of low expectations" in English schools.
(15) Tarr argues that the process forces students to engage in issues of historical interpretation.
(16) Tarr writes: "Gove and his advisers – either through stupidity or mischievousness – failed to place me, my website, or the lesson into its appropriate context.
(17) Five egg processors in the Netherlands, which had been approved initially in 1987 but saw its certification expire, will begin selling to US companies as soon as export certificate language details can be worked out, FSIS spokesman Adam Tarr said.
(18) Tarr, who has taught at the fee-paying Wolverhampton grammar school and the International School of Toulouse, said the activity helped teenagers test their knowledge by sharing what they had learned with younger students.