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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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Evoking
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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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