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e·voke

   [ih-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; < Latin ēvocāre, equivalent to ē- e- + vocāre to call (akin to vōx voice)

Related forms
e·vok·er, noun
un·e·voked, adjective
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evoke (ɪˈvəʊk)
 
—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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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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