overprovoke en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + provoke.
Meanings
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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 (Devotional Works), London: […] C[harles] Whittingham, […]; for Williams and Smith, […], published 1808, →OCLC, page 222:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overprovoked | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overprovoked | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| overprovoking | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overprovokes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |