evoke
Etymology
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Etymology
From French évoquer, from Latin ēvocō, from ex ("out") and vocō ("call").
Pronunciation Verbevoke (evokes, present participle evoking; simple past and past participle evoked)
- (transitive) To call out; to draw out or bring forth.
- (transitive) To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.
- (transitive) To elicit a response.
- French: évoquer, remémorer
- German: hervorrufen, heraufbeschwören
- Italian: evocare, rammemorare, rammentare, rammemorare ("rammemorarsi" exists)
- Portuguese: evocar
- Russian: вызыва́ть
- Spanish: evocar, rememorar
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