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evocator

[ev-uh-key-ter, ee-voh-]
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noun
  1. a person who evokes, especially one who calls up spirits.

Origin of evocator

1785–95; < Latin ēvocātor one who calls to arms, equivalent to ēvocā(re) to evoke + -tor -tor
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Historical Examples

  • An evocator whose name has been lost held a séance with Gilles and de Sillé in a chamber at Tiffauges.

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    J. K. Huysmans

British Dictionary definitions for evocator

evocator

noun
  1. a person or thing that evokes
  2. embryol a substance or tissue that induces morphogenesis
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evocator in Medicine

evocator

(ĕv′ə-kā′tər, ē′və-)
n.
  1. A factor in the control of morphogenesis in the early embryo.inductor
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