|
|
Definition of Call forth
1. Verb. Evoke or provoke to appear or occur. "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple"
Related verbs: Arouse, Bring Up, Call Down, Conjure, Conjure Up, Evoke, Invoke, Put Forward, Raise, Stir
Generic synonyms: Cause, Do, Make
Specialized synonyms: Pick
Derivative terms: Evocation, Provocation
2. Verb. Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic. "Call down the spirits from the mountain"
Specialized synonyms: Anathemise, Anathemize, Bedamn, Beshrew, Curse, Damn, Imprecate, Maledict, Bless
Generic synonyms: Create, Make
Related verbs: Evoke, Kick Up, Provoke
Derivative terms: Conjuration, Conjuration, Conjurer, Conjuring, Conjuror, Conjury, Evocation, Invocation, Invocation
Definition of Call forth
1. Verb. (transitive) To induce, inspire. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Call Forth
Literary usage of Call forth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edvard Westermarck (1908)
"CONCLUSION CHAP. which are condemned as wrong are also apt to call forth anger
and revenge, and that the acts and forbearances which are praised as morally ..."
2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Nothing could be better fitted to call forth such mathematical powers as those
of Hamilton, for Laplace's great work, rich to profusion in analytical ..."
Other Resources:
