provoke
From LSJ
κρῖναι δὲ λόγῳ πολύδηριν ἔλεγχον ἐξ ἐμέθεν ῥηθέντα → judge by reason the too much contested argument which has been given by me
make angry: P. and V. παροξύνειν, ὀργίζειν (Plato); see anger.
call into play: P. and V. κινεῖν, παρακαλεῖν, ἐγείρειν.