evoke
[ih-vohk]
- 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.
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Origin of evoke
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Contemporary Examples
Scott, who died Sunday at 49, could go from evoking a Baptist preacher to quoting Public Enemy.
She 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.
Tarnoff is at his best in evoking the atmosphere of the city that shaped them all.
And Jagger is even better than Dylan at evoking the darker emotions: fear, confusion, paranoia, lust.
Historical Examples
And the Emperor Nicholas was conscious of evoking this rapture and deliberately aroused it.
Father SergiusLeo Tolstoy
The Emperor's manifesto was read, evoking enthusiasm, and then all moved about discussing it.
War and PeaceLeo Tolstoy
I felt that I was not evoking much sympathy for my messmate, and I changed my attack.
Sail Ho!George Manville Fenn
While we sat, evoking the ghosts of the past, our hearts were drawn together.
The Confession of a FoolAugust Strindberg
Plagiarism was seemingly proved by evoking the aid of the deadly parallel.
The Fiction FactoryJohn Milton Edwards
evoke
- 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
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Word Origin
C17: from Latin ēvocāre to call forth, from vocāre to call
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Word Origin and History for evoking
evoke
v.
1620s, from French évoquer or directly from Latin evocare "call out, rouse, summon" (see evocation). Often more or less with a sense of "calling spirits," or being called by them. Related: Evoked; evokes; evoking.
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