(a) To seek forgiveness of (God), supplicate; ppl. provoking, seeking or eliciting forgiveness; (b) law to appeal (a case to a higher authority).

(a) To urge (sb.), incite, encourage, persuade; urge or encourage (sb. to do sth.); (b) to entice (sb.), tempt; tempt (sb. to do sth.); ben provoked into the deth of, be driven to kill (sb.); (c) to induce (meekness).

(a) To anger (sb.), enrage, vex; (b) to provoke (sb. to anger); goad (sb. into being angry, showing cruelty, etc.); (c) to arouse (anger); give rise to (discord); (d) med. to inflame (bodily fluids, an ulcer).

Med. & surg. (a) To induce (sleep, sweating, vomiting, menstruation, urination); stimulate (appetite, the hemorrhoidal veins); cause (fever); ~ oute, drive out (pain); (b) provoking medicine, a medicine that induces a bodily function.

To cause (sb. to sweat); cause or induce (sb. to drink); with that- clause: bring about (a state or condition); ~ to grace, ?restore (sb.) to favor.