evoke
to call up or produce (memories, feelings, etc.): to evoke a memory.
to elicit or draw forth: His comment evoked protests from the shocked listeners.
to call up; cause to appear; summon: to evoke a spirit from the dead.
to produce or suggest through artistry and imagination a vivid impression of reality: a short passage that manages to evoke the smells, colors, sounds, and shapes of that metropolis.
Origin of evoke
1Other words from evoke
- e·vok·er, noun
- un·e·voked, adjective
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How to use evoke in a sentence
Scott, who died Sunday at 49, could go from evoking a Baptist preacher to quoting Public Enemy.
Remembering ESPN’s Sly, Cocky, and Cool Anchor Stuart Scott | Stereo Williams | January 4, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTShe toddled off to the playground, still jabbering to herself, evoking giggles from the Hawa staff.
It’s written in a ‘50s script, like the title card to I Love Lucy, evoking Old Hollywood.
Hollywood Turns Against the Famed Beverly Hills Hotel Over the Sultan of Brunei’s Anti-Gay Stance | Marlow Stern | May 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTarnoff is at his best in evoking the atmosphere of the city that shaped them all.
How Mark Twain Became Mark Twain by Going to California | Wendy Smith | March 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd Jagger is even better than Dylan at evoking the darker emotions: fear, confusion, paranoia, lust.
Bits of drawing caught his attention, a free, felicitous line here and there evoking an approving grunt.
The Woman Gives | Owen JohnsonBut suddenly the string from whichxxv he has been evoking these broad harmonies snaps with a snarl.
The Letters of Ambrose Bierce | Ambrose BierceHe enjoyed humor, and though he had a happy way of evoking it from others, possessed or exhibited very little himself.
Sevenoaks | J. G. HollandThe stress laid on dreams appears to imply a practice of evoking spirits, whether of the deceased or of the living.
Current Superstitions | VariousWithin the city the emissaries of the Count of Paris were no more successful in evoking the martial ardor of the people.
The Iron Arrow Head or The Buckler Maiden | Eugne Sue
British Dictionary definitions for evoke
/ (ɪˈvəʊk) /
to call or summon up (a memory, feeling, etc), esp from the past
to call forth or provoke; produce; elicit: his words evoked an angry reply
to cause (spirits) to appear; conjure up
Origin of evoke
1evoke
Derived forms of evoke
- evocable (ˈɛvəkəbəl), adjective
- evoker, noun
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