e'voker
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evoke (ɪˈvəʊk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to call or summon up (a memory, feeling, etc), esp from the past |
| 2. | to call forth or provoke; produce; elicit: his words evoked an angry reply |
| 3. | to cause (spirits) to appear; conjure up |
| [C17: from Latin ēvocāre to call forth, from vocāre to call] | |
| evocable | |
| —adj | |
| e'voker | |
| —n | |
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