evocation

[ ev-uh-key-shuh n, ee-voh-key- ]

/ ˌɛv əˈkeɪ ʃən, ˌi voʊˈkeɪ- /

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noun

an act or instance of evoking; a calling forth: the evocation of old memories.

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.

Nearby words

evitable, evite, evm, evo, evocable, evocation, evocative, evocator, evoke, evoked potential, evoked response

Origin of evocation

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

Can be confused

avocation evocation

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Examples from the Web for evocation

Top U.S. officials contribute with their daily evocation of saintly principles that the United States itself has often defied.
Cut the Baloney on Ukraine|Leslie H. Gelb|March 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The best thing about it is its evocation of civilian life in the 1940s, both in the U.S. and Australia.
Diving Into The Pacific|Allen Barra|May 6, 2010|DAILY BEAST
For all the evocation of history, it is important to note that the groups sponsoring these rallies are newly created.
Today's Holiday of Hate|John Avlon|April 19, 2010|DAILY BEAST
And an embellished event can be closer to the truth than factual precision, if its evocation is infused with intuitive wisdom.
Did Frank McCourt Invent James Frey?|Lee Siegel|July 20, 2009|DAILY BEAST

The power of that evocation is so strong that it carries the poet along with it.
Musicians of To-Day|Romain Rolland
Every movement of thought implies an evocation of the opposing passion of these two emotions.
The Complex Vision|John Cowper Powys
Gabriel felt humiliated by the failure of his irony and by the evocation of this figure from the dead, a boy in the gasworks.
Dubliners|James Joyce
The fascination of horror that had held the girl broke before that evocation of the final doom.
The Messenger|Elizabeth Robins
So this was the ending of the whole day; this evocation of a fair girl, with a somewhat long face and eyes of blue.
Abbe Mouret's Transgression|Emile Zola

British Dictionary definitions for evocation

evocation

/ (ˌɛvəˈkeɪʃən) /

noun

the act or an instance of evoking

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

another word for induction (def. 6)

Word Origin for evocation

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

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Medicine definitions for evocation

evocation

[ ĕv′ə-kā′shən, ē′və- ]

n.

The induction of a particular tissue produced by the action of an evocator during embryogenesis.