EVOCATION Definition & Meaning

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evocation

[ ev-uh-key-shuhn, ee-voh-key- ]

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noun

an act or instance of evoking; a calling forth:
the evocation of old memories.
Law. (formerly) an action of a court in summoning a case from another, usually lower, court for purposes of complete review and decision, as on an appeal in which the issue is incidental or procedural and the court of first instance has not yet rendered a decision on its merits; the removal of a case from one court to another.

evocation

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noun

the act or an instance of evoking
French law the transference of a case from an inferior court for adjudication by a higher tribunal
another word for induction

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of evocation¹

1400–50; late Middle English evocacioun < Latin ŧ��ǳ��پ�ō��- (stem of ŧ��ǳ��پ�ō ) calling forth, out, equivalent to ŧ��ǳ�� ( us ) (past participle of ŧ��ǳ�� to evoke ) + -��ō��- -ion

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of evocation¹

C17: from Latin ŧ��ǳ��پ�ō a calling forth, from ŧ��ǳ�� to evoke

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Where “Will” is told with a straightforward directness, confronting practical realities, “Nightshift” is a film of ambiguous evocation, existing in an interzone between waking, dreaming and nightmare.

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Fingers barely graced keys in an evocation of the calmly rippling watery surface.

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Aaron Copland’s score to Martha Graham’s classic ballet offered the gift of simplicity, an evocation of open landscape and, most important, of spiritual renewal.

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The razor sharp line between dark and light strictly separates the evocation of night from day.

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Plus, let’s see evocations of the tagged up walls of the L.A.

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