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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

provocativus

: cf. OF.

provocatif

Serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; exciting.

Noun.

Anything that is provocative; a stimulant;

as, a

provocative

of appetite

Adj.

Exciting; stimulating; tending to awaken or incite appetite or passion.

Noun.

Any thing that tends to excite appetite or passion; a stimulant; as a provocative of hunger or of lust.