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EVOKER

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e⋅voke

[i-vohk]
–verb (used with object), e⋅voked, e⋅vok⋅ing.
1. to call up or produce (memories, feelings, etc.): to evoke a memory.
2. to elicit or draw forth: His comment evoked protests from the shocked listeners.
3. to call up; cause to appear; summon: to evoke a spirit from the dead.
4. 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.

Origin:
1615–25; < L ēvocāre, equiv. to ē- e- + vocāre to call (akin to vōx voice )


e⋅vok⋅er, noun
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