'Evoke' definitions:
Definition of 'evoke'
(from WordNet)
verb
Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" [syn: arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke]
verb
Evoke or provoke to appear or occur; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple" [syn: provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up]
verb
Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant" [syn: educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw out]
verb
Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" [syn: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth]
verb
Call to mind; "this remark evoked sadness" [syn: suggest, evoke, paint a picture]
Definition of 'Evoke'
From: GCIDE
- Evoke \E*voke"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evoked; p. pr. & vb. n. Evoking.] [L. evocare; e out + vocare to call, fr. vox, vocis, voice: cf. F ['e]voquer. See Voice, and cf. Evocate.]
- 1. To call out; to summon forth. [1913 Webster]
- To evoke the queen of the fairies. --T. Warton. [1913 Webster]
- A regulating discipline of exercise, that whilst evoking the human energies, will not suffer them to be wasted. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To call away; to remove from one tribunal to another. [R.] "The cause was evoked to Rome." --Hume. Evolatic
Synonyms of 'evoke'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ape,
- appear like,
- approach,
- approximate,
- arouse,
- awake,
- awaken,
- be like,
- be redolent of,
- bear resemblance,
- bid come,
- bring,
- bring about,
- bring back,
- bring forth,
- bring on,
- bring out,
- bring to life,
- bring to light,
- bring to mind,
- call,
- call away,
- call back,
- call for,
- call forth,
- call in,
- call out,
- call to mind,
- call together,
- call up,
- call up spirits,
- cause,
- character,
- characterize,
- cite,
- come close,
- come near,
- compare with,
- conjure,
- conjure up,
- conjure up spirits,
- contrive,
- convene,
- convoke,
- copy,
- correspond,
- counterfeit,
- deduce,
- delineate,
- demand,
- depict,
- derive,
- describe,
- drag out,
- draw,
- draw down,
- draw forth,
- draw on,
- draw out,
- educe,
- effect,
- elicit,
- evince,
- excite,
- express,
- extort,
- extract,
- favor,
- follow,
- get,
- get from,
- get out of,
- give words to,
- go back,
- go back over,
- hark back,
- imitate,
- indent,
- induce,
- inspire,
- instigate,
- invoke,
- lead,
- limn,
- look back,
- look like,
- match,
- milk,
- mimic,
- mind,
- mirror,
- motivate,
- muster,
- muster up,
- near,
- nearly reproduce,
- not tell apart,
- obtain,
- order up,
- outline,
- page,
- paint,
- parallel,
- partake of,
- picture,
- portray,
- preconize,
- procure,
- prompt,
- provoke,
- raise,
- raise ghosts,
- rally,
- recall,
- recall to mind,
- recapture,
- recollect,
- reevoke,
- reflect,
- remember,
- remind one of,
- render,
- represent,
- requisition,
- resemble,
- retrace,
- retrospect,
- review,
- review in retrospect,
- revive,
- rouse,
- savor of,
- secure,
- see in retrospect,
- seem like,
- send after,
- send for,
- serve,
- set forth,
- simulate,
- sketch,
- smack of,
- sound like,
- stack up with,
- stimulate,
- stir,
- subpoena,
- suggest,
- summon,
- summon forth,
- summon spirits,
- summon up,
- summons,
- superinduce,
- take after,
- think back,
- think of,
- use hindsight,
- waken,
- wangle,
- wangle out of,
- winkle out,
- worm out,
- worm out of,
- write