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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.
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| —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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Word Origin & History
evoke
1620s, from Fr. evoquer, from L. evocare (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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Example sentences
The results vaguely evoke a third-grade arts-and-crafts project.
Interesting article, advertising seems to evoke strong negative reactions in the readers.
The guitarists damped their notes to evoke the distinctive plinking of mbira keys.
Period furnishings, many personal possessions, and reproduction wallpaper and floor coverings evoke his life before the war.
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