evocator
Americannoun
noun
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a person or thing that evokes
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embryol a substance or tissue that induces morphogenesis
Etymology
Origin of evocator
1785–95; < Latin ēvocātor one who calls to arms, equivalent to ēvocā ( re ) to evoke + -tor -tor
Example Sentences
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In a low voice he recounts how the Devil has risen in the form of a leopard and rushed past without looking at the evocator, without saying a word.
From Là-bas by Keene Wallace
An evocator whose name has been lost held a séance with Gilles and de Sillé in a chamber at Tiffauges.
From Là-bas by Keene Wallace
The evocator, furious, throws him out of the circle.
From Là-bas by Keene Wallace
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