'Evocation' definitions:
Definition of 'evocation'
(from WordNet)
noun
Imaginative re-creation
noun
Calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations [syn: evocation, summoning]
noun
Stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors; "the elicitation of his testimony was not easy" [syn: evocation, induction, elicitation]
Definition of 'Evocation'
From: GCIDE
- Evocation \Ev`o*ca"tion\, n. [L. evocatio: cf. F. ['e]vocation.] The act of calling out or forth. --Sir. T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
- The evocation of that better spirit. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'evocation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arousal,
- beck,
- beck and call,
- bidding,
- bringing out,
- call,
- calling,
- calling forth,
- cameo,
- catalog,
- cataloging,
- character,
- character sketch,
- characterization,
- conjuration,
- conjurement,
- convocation,
- delineation,
- depiction,
- description,
- details,
- drawing out,
- eduction,
- exorcisation,
- exorcism,
- exsufflation,
- graphic account,
- image,
- imagery,
- impression,
- incantation,
- indent,
- invocation,
- itemization,
- limning,
- nod,
- particularization,
- photograph,
- picture,
- portrait,
- portraiture,
- portrayal,
- preconization,
- profile,
- rendering,
- rendition,
- representation,
- requisition,
- sketch,
- specification,
- summons,
- vignette,
- vivid description,
- word painting