provocative (provokativ)

and n. [= F. provocatif Pr. provocatiu = Sp. Pg. It. provocativo, Not to be hasty, rash, provocative , or upbraiding in our language. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), L. 197. In the humorous line I am thought to have a very pretty way with me; and as for pathos, I am as provocative of tears as an onion. Hawthorne , Seven Gables, xii. IMG:content-1183.png:[blocks in formation] Provocatives to stir vp appetite To brutish lust & sensuall delight Must not be wanting. One, his equal in athletic frame, Or, more provoking still, of nobler name. IMG:content-1184.png:[blocks in formation] Let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to Heb. x. 24. Beauty provoketh thieves sooner than gold. Shak., As you Like it, i. 3. 112. Be ever near his watches, cheer his labours, And, where his hope stands fair, provoke his valour. Fletcher, Humorous Lieutenant, i. 1. Mine [shadow], spindling into longitude immense,. Provokes me to a smile. Cowper , Task, v. 14. IMG:content-1185.png:[blocks in formation] provost (prov'ost), n. [ provost , provest, partly prāfost , prāfest , prañost , profost (= OFries. progost , provest = MD. proost , D. prost = MLG. provest , prōst = OHG. probast , probist , provost, prob as to , prubesto , MHG. pro best , pro- vist , probst, brobest , brobst , G. probst = Icel. prō- and partly provost , prevost , F. prévót = Pr. fastr = Sw.prost = Dan. provst , provost, dean), prebost = Sp. Pg. preboste = It. prevosto , prepos- to , præposit us , a principal, president, chief, provost, pp. of præponere , put or set before, set over as chief, præ , before, + ponere , set, place: One who is appointed to superintend or preside see ponent , posit . Cf. prepositor, prepostor .] 1. over something; the chief or head of certain bodies. (a) The head of one of certain colleges (as of Oriel, Queen's, etc., in the university of Oxford, of King's College, Cambridge, Eton College, etc.): equivalent to principal in other colleges. (0) Eccles ., the chief digni- tary of a cathedral or collegiate church; in monastic or ders, a second in authority under an abbot or the head of a subordinate house. (c) In the Scotch burghs, the chief magistrate, corresponding to the English mayor. chief magistrates of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Perth, and Dundee are styled lord provost . The title provost was formerly given to the heads of corporations in England. My trusty provost , tried and tight, Stand forward for the Good Town's right. IMG:content-1186.png:[blocks in formation] (et) Formerly, one holding a position in the English schools of fence higher than that of scholar and lower than that of master. Hakluyt's Voyages , III. 566. Turn thy curved prow ashore, And in our green isle rest forevermore. 2. In zoöl . , a prora. prow2+ (prou), n. [ prow , prou , prod , profit, advantage: origin uncertain. Cf. prowe .] Profit; advantage; benefit. All thynges is mayd, man, for thy pro we , All creatours shall to the bowe That here is mayd erthly. York Plays , p. 20. So ye lyve al in lest, Ye lovers, for the konnyngest of yow, That serveth most ent ent i flic he and best, Hym tyt als often harme there of as pro we . prow2 (prou), a . [ME. * prow (not found), prou , prod, prude , pros , proz , fem. prode , prude , good, excellent, brave, F. preux = Pr. proz = It. prode , brave, valiant, doughty. Cf. prow2 , n., and prude .] Valiant. [Now rare and archaic.] They be two the prowest knights on grownd. Spenser , F. Q., II. iii. 15. From prime to vespers will I chant thy praise As prowest knight and truest lover. Tennyson, Pelleas and Ettarre. prow3t, n. An obsolete form of proa . prowe (prou'es), n. [Early mod. E. also prowes , proues , prowse ; prowe , prowe e , proue e , goodne , excellence, bravery, F. proue e (Pr. Sp. Pg.proeza = It . prodezza ), bravery, prou , good, excellent, brave: see prow2.] 11. Excellence; virtue; goodne ; in- tegrity. Ful selde up riseth by his branches smale Prowe e of man, for God of his goodne e Wol that of hym we clay me oure gentile e. Chaucer , Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 273. 2. Bravery; valor; particularly, military brav- ery combined with skill; gallantry; daring. And the i were noble knyghtes and hardy, and full of high prowe . Merlin (E. E. T. S.), i. 117. Your self his prowe e prov'd, and found him fiers and bold. Spenser, F. Q., II. viii. 13. Proofs of prowe are above all things treasured by the savage. H. Spencer , Prin. of Sociol., § 286. IMG:content-1187.png:[blocks in formation] 2. A temporary prison in which the military police confine prisoners prisoners until they are disposed 3t. A feat or deed of valor; a valiant act. of. - Provost marshal. (a) In the army, an officer who acts as the head of police of any district, town, or camp, for the preservation of order, and to bring to punishment all offenders against military discipline. He is responsible for all prisoners confined on charges of a general nature under the articles of war, and in the field his power is IMG:content-1188.png:[blocks in formation] Even Arius and Pelagius durst provoke To what the centuries preceding spoke. 2. To produce anger or irritation. Compare provoking . provokement (pro-vōk'ment), n. [ provoke + -ment .] Provocation. Whose sharpe provokement them incenst so sore That both were bent t' avenge his usage base. In the mene whyle mine enemies still encrease; And my prouokers hereby doo augmente, That without cause to hurt me do not cease. IMG:content-1189.png:[blocks in formation] the safe-keeping of a prisoner, pending his trial by a court martial, and who is responsible for his production before the court whenever his presence is required. [Also pro- nounced provō marshal, in partial imitation of the mod- ern F. prévôt .] - Provost sergeant, a sergeant who has charge of the military police, and also, in the British ser- vice, of the custody of prisoners in the cells. provost alt, a . [ prevostal , F. prévótal , prevost , provost: see provost .] Pertaining to a provost. Cotgrave. provostert, n. [ provost + -er1; ult. a var. of prepostor .] Same as provost , 1 ( e ). For of fence, almost in ever ye towne, there is not only maisters to teach it, with his provost ers , ushers, schol- Ascham , Toxophilus, i. provostry (prov'ost-ri), n . [ provost rye , prevosterie , the office of a provost, vost , provost: see provost .] 1†. Provostship; the office of provost or chief magistrate. Certes the dignite of the provost rye of Rome was whylom a gret power. Chaucer , Boëthius, iii. prose 4. 2. A district or town under the jurisdiction of a provost, or an ecclesiastical or monastic foun- dation of which a provost is the head. [Scotch.] The Provostry of Abernethie. IMG:content-1190.png:[blocks in formation] Nimrod usurps: his prowes - full Policy To gain himself the Goal of Souerainty. He prowls each place, still in new colours deck'd. Sir P. Sidney. 2t. To collect by plunder. By how many tricks did he proll money from all parts of Christen dom? Barrow , Pope's Supremacy. Prow of French Ship of War of about 1680. IMG:content-1191.png:[blocks in formation] prowlery