|
|
Definition of Evoke
1. Verb. Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses). "Evoke sympathy"
Generic synonyms: Create, Make
Specialized synonyms: Strike A Chord, Touch A Chord, Ask For, Invite, Draw, Rekindle, Infatuate, Prick, Fire Up, Heat, Ignite, Inflame, Stir Up, Wake, Excite, Shake, Shake Up, Stimulate, Stir, Excite, Anger, Discomfit, Discompose, Disconcert, Untune, Upset, Shame, Bruise, Hurt, Injure, Offend, Spite, Wound, Overcome, Overpower, Overtake, Overwhelm, Sweep Over, Whelm, Interest
Derivative terms: Arousal, Elicitation, Evocation, Evocative, Provocation, Provocative
2. Verb. Evoke or provoke to appear or occur. "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple"
Related verbs: Arouse, Bring Up, Call Down, Call Forth, Conjure, Conjure Up, Invoke, Put Forward, Raise, Stir
Generic synonyms: Cause, Do, Make
Specialized synonyms: Pick
Derivative terms: Evocation, Provocation
3. Verb. Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning). "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
4. 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: Call Forth, Kick Up, Provoke
Derivative terms: Conjuration, Conjuration, Conjurer, Conjuring, Conjuror, Conjury, Evocation, Invocation, Invocation
5. Verb. Call to mind. "This remark evoked sadness"
Generic synonyms: Evince, Express, Show
Specialized synonyms: Reek, Smack, Smell, Imply, Incriminate, Inculpate
Derivative terms: Evocation, Evocative, Suggestion
Definition of Evoke
1. v. t. To call out; to summon forth.
Definition of Evoke
1. Verb. To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Evoke
1. to call forth [v EVOKED, EVOKING, EVOKES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Evoke
Literary usage of Evoke
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"Old customs are slowly dying out, but the process of their dissolution may at
any moment evoke the barbarous fanaticism of angry millions. ..."
2. Hypnotism: Its History, Practice and Theory by John Milne Bramwell (1906)
"(2 a) 6V>,s-<>.s- -where an attempt has been made to teach the subject to evoke
hypnosis and its phenomena without the intervention of the operator. ..."
3. The English Illustrated Magazine (1908)
"... well known to him that the young farmer was not so endeared to her to evoke
such manifestation of grief by his failing to keep an appointment with her. ..."
4. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1842)
"No answer was returned to the summons, and finding all efforts to evoke the demon
fruitless, they quitted the spot, and turning their horses' heads to the ..."
5. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1891)
"... part of the closed circuit, whose remaining parts within the body (and in the
connections and machine) evoke the well-known nerve and muscle reactions. ..."
6. Biological Aspects of Human Problems by Christian Archibald Herter, Susan Dows Herter (1911)
"My own faith is so strong in the directive value of a serious biological conception
of life, that I offer this essay, hoping its spirit may evoke a ..."
Other Resources:
Interlingua