evoke

[ ih-vohk ]

/ ɪˈvoʊk /

verb (used with object), e·voked, e·vok·ing.

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.

Words nearby evoke

evo, evocable, evocation, evocative, evocator, evoke, evoked potential, evoked response, evolute, evolution, evolution of carbon dioxide

Origin of evoke

1615–25; < Latin ēvocāre, equivalent to ē- e-¹ + vocāre to call (akin to vōx voice)

OTHER WORDS FROM evoke

e·vok·er, nounun·e·voked, adjective

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Examples from the Web for evoke

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But in another letter we hear the director who knows how to evoke that torment from his actor and put it on screen.
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This was done not too far after we had all the anthrax letters going around, so it does evoke that in an office environment.
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It is a horrifying thought that my face, my actions, or my personality can evoke feelings of sorrow in others.
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Successive uniform stimuli now evoke uniform and equal positive responses, that is to say, there is no fatigue.
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So you think it is possible to evoke the dead in some more tangible form than that of an instructive ghost?
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These are questions ever rising to his mind; and what contrivance, what preparation, what spirit of exigency do they evoke!
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Something struck the wall of the bell jar hard enough to evoke a clear, sharp, resonant note.
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Even in the daytime she attains to the maximum of horror that a spectral figure can evoke.
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British Dictionary definitions for evoke

evoke

/ (ɪˈvəʊk) /

verb (tr)

to call or summon up (a memory, feeling, etc), esp from the past

to call forth or provoke; produce; elicithis words evoked an angry reply

to cause (spirits) to appear; conjure up

Derived forms of evoke

evocable (ˈɛvəkəbəl), adjectiveevoker, noun

Word Origin for evoke

C17: from Latin ēvocāre to call forth, from vocāre to call

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See evince, invoke

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evoke

verb (used with object), e·voked, e·vok·ing.

Words related to evoke

Words nearby evoke

Origin of evoke

OTHER WORDS FROM evoke

Examples from the Web for evoke

British Dictionary definitions for evoke

verb (tr)

Derived forms of evoke

Word Origin for evoke

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