provoking

p. a. apt to be provoked or stimulated易于被激怒的，易于被刺激的。
△Lr. 3. 5. 6 (5):“it was not al-together your brother's evil disposition made him (=Edgar) seek his(= Gloucester's) death; but a provok-ing merit,set a-work by a reprovable badness in him-self(= Gloucester).”我现在看出来，你哥哥所以要谋害他的性命，并非完全由于生性邪恶，而是他自己该受谴责的坏处激发了你哥哥的杀心。