evoke
to call up or produce (memories, feelings, etc.): to evoke a memory.
to elicit or draw forth: His comment evoked protests from the shocked listeners.
to call up; cause to appear; summon: to evoke a spirit from the dead.
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 of evoke
1Other words from evoke
- e·vok·er, noun
- un·e·voked, adjective
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How to use evoke in a sentence
The system faintly evokes the charm of the Hogwarts houses—without a Sorting Hat, that is.
Her uniform—strapless white bra, blue jeans, suspenders, and fiery red mohawk—evokes the era of Desperately Seeking Susan.
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There is something authentic and warm in the way she evokes “my Grandpa,” the great Francis Ford Coppola.
The world she evokes harkens back to a time of elegance and élan.
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One of these ideas evokes another, and so an endless chain of images passes along.
The Science of Human Nature | William Henry PyleBut in poetry there is nothing that evokes a lusty curse against its vulgar adversaries.
I, Mary MacLane | Mary MacLaneIt is the glare of rhapsodical eulogy which instinctively and automatically evokes the complementary colours and afterimages.
Impressions And Comments | Havelock EllisThere is always a distinct gain when the poem evokes pleasing pictures.
Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism | F. V. N. PainterWhen it was given it was met by all of the objections which it still evokes.
The Bible and Life | Edwin Holt Hughes
British Dictionary definitions for evoke
/ (ɪˈvəʊk) /
to call or summon up (a memory, feeling, etc), esp from the past
to call forth or provoke; produce; elicit: his words evoked an angry reply
to cause (spirits) to appear; conjure up
Origin of evoke
1evoke
Derived forms of evoke
- evocable (ˈɛvəkəbəl), adjective
- evoker, noun
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