evocation

[ev-uh-key-shuhn, ee-voh-key-]

noun

1. an act or instance of evoking; a calling forth.

   the evocation of old memories.

2. Law.,  (formerly) an action of a court in summoning a case from another, usually lower, court for purposes of complete review and decision, as on an appeal in which the issue is incidental or procedural and the court of first instance has not yet rendered a decision on its merits; the removal of a case from one court to another.

evocation

/ ˌɛvəˈkeɪʃən /

noun

1. the act or an instance of evoking

2. French law the transference of a case from an inferior court for adjudication by a higher tribunal

3. another word for induction

Word History and Origins

Origin of evocation¹

1400–50; late Middle English evocacioun < Latin ēvocātiōn- (stem of ēvocātiō ) calling forth, out, equivalent to ēvocāt ( us ) (past participle of ēvocāre to evoke ) + -iōn- -ion

Word History and Origins

Origin of evocation¹

C17: from Latin ēvocātiō a calling forth, from ēvocāre to _evoke

Example Sentences

He struck instant sonic gold with this mystical evocation of Hawaii, wondrous in sound, Lanzilotti, a hopeful good start.

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In “of light and stone,” Leilehua Lanzilotti sets the sonic stage for an evocation of Hawaii, where she resides, before statehood.

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The hotel’s designers say the evocation of space travel was deliberate.

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Respighi’s evocations of gladiators at the Circus Maximus, of early Christian pilgrims and other scenes of ancient Roman life, seem a surprisingly odd epilogue to an all-American conductor’s storied career.

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Where “Will” is told with a straightforward directness, confronting practical realities, “Nightshift” is a film of ambiguous evocation, existing in an interzone between waking, dreaming and nightmare.

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