evoke

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Etymology

From French évoquer, from Latin ēvocō, from ex ("out") and vocō ("call").

Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ɪˈvəʊk/
• (America) IPA: /ɪˈvoʊk/

Verb

evoke (evokes, present participle evoking; simple past and past participle evoked)

1. (transitive) To call out; to draw out or bring forth.
2. (transitive) To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.

   Synonyms: put someone in mind of

   Coordinate terms: connote, denote, allude

   Being here evokes long forgotten memories.

   Seeing this happen equally evokes fear and anger in me.

   The book evokes a detailed and lively picture of what life was like in the 19th century.

3. (transitive) To elicit a response.

Related terms

• evince
• evocate
• evocation
• invoke

Translations

• French: évoquer, remémorer
• German: hervorrufen, heraufbeschwören
• Italian: evocare, rammemorare, rammentare, rammemorare ("rammemorarsi" exists)
• Portuguese: evocar
• Russian: вызыва́ть
• Spanish: evocar, rememorar

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