Verb

(provok)

to cause someone to become annoyed or angry.

Don't provoke the dog; it may try to bite you.

* Bible, Eph. vi. 4

Ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath.

to bring about a reaction.

* J. Burroughs

To the poet the meaning is what he pleases to make it, what it provokes in his own soul.

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(obsolete) To appeal.

(Dryden)

Verb

(wikipedia refresh) (es)

To renew or revitalize.

Sleep refreshes the body and the mind.

(computing) To reload a document and show any new changes, especially a webpage on the internet.

* 2007 , Beth Harbison, Shoe Addicts Anonymous

She refreshed the page. She was still the high bidder. Good.

(computing) To cause (a web browser or similar software) to refresh its display.

* 2007 , Philip C Plumlee, Test Driven Ajax (on Rails)

You can save your code, refresh your browser, and see a change instantly. This simple trick turns a lowly web browser into a development environment

To perform the periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.