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evoke

[ ih-vohk ]

verb (used with object)

evoked, evoking.
  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.



evoke

/ ˈɛvəkəbəl; ɪˈvəʊk /

verb

  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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • evocable, adjective
  • ±ðˈ±¹´Ç°ì±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±ð·±¹´Ç°ìİù noun
  • ³Ü²Ôe·±¹´Ç°ì±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of evoke1

First recorded in 1615–25; from Latin ŧ±¹´Ç³¦Äå°ù±ð, from ŧ- e- 1 + ±¹´Ç³¦Äå°ù±ð “to call†(akin to ±¹Å³æ voice )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of evoke1

C17: from Latin Ä“±¹´Ç³¦Äå°ù±ð to call forth, from ±¹´Ç³¦Äå°ù±ð to call
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In a way, abolitionists did that by evoking the U.S.

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To tech aficionados, the whole affair evokes the “Streisand effect,†in which an effort to suppress something online only makes it more conspicuous.

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While Pagels’ love affair with evangelical Christianity lasted only a year, her curiosity about the “powerful responses†that stories about Jesus evoked in her persisted; interrogating that response became her life’s work.

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The criticism about his leadership from within his party and accusations that he intends to cling to power evoked memories of the lead-up to the coup that toppled Mugabe.

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And because she’s a more advanced model, her look evokes an individuality, a sense that she and her owner could kiki about fashion and try on those black suede boots.

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