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EVOCABLE

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ev⋅o⋅ca⋅ble

  [ev-uh-kuh-buhl, i-voh-kuh-]
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–adjective
capable of being evoked.
Origin:
1885–90; evoc(ation) + -able
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e·voke   (ĭ-vōk')   
tr.v.   e·voked, e·vok·ing, e·vokes

  1. To summon or call forth: actions that evoked our mistrust.

  2. To call to mind by naming, citing, or suggesting: songs that evoke old memories.

  3. To create anew, especially by means of the imagination: a novel that evokes the Depression in accurate detail.


[Latin ēvocāre : ē-, ex-, ex- + vocāre, to call; see wekw- in Indo-European roots.]
ev'o·ca·ble (ěv'ə-kə-bəl, ĭ-vō'kə-) adj.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to draw forth or bring out something latent, hidden, or unexpressed: evoke laughter; educed significance from the event; trying to elicit the truth.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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