Quick Definition: call forth (memory or feeling); Ex. That old film evoked memories of my childhood; N. evocation
evoke (
ĭ-vōk')
tr.v.,
evoked,
evoking,
evokes.
- To summon or call forth: actions that evoked our mistrust.
- To call to mind by naming, citing, or suggesting: songs that evoke old memories.
- To create anew, especially by means of the imagination: a novel that evokes the Depression in accurate detail.
[Latin ēvocāre : ē-, ex-, ex- + vocāre, to call.]
evocable ev'ocable (
ĕv'ə-kə-bəl, ĭ-vō'kə-)
adj.SYNONYMSevoke, educe, elicit. These verbs mean to draw forth or bring out something latent, hidden, or unexpressed: evoke laughter; educed significance from the event; trying to elicit the truth.
evoke v Definition: induce, stimulate
Antonyms: halt, quell, repress, silence, stifle, stop, suppress
Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words. The verb evoke has 5 meanings:
Meaning #1: call forth; of emotions, feelings, and responses
Synonyms: arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise, provoke
Meaning #2: call forth
Synonyms: provoke, call forth, kick up
Meaning #3: deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
Synonyms: educe, elicit, extract, draw out
Meaning #4: evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic
Synonyms: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth
Meaning #5: call to mind or evoke
Synonyms: suggest, paint a picture
Translations for: Evoke Nederlands (Dutch)
oproepen, aanroepen, voor een hoger gerecht ontbieden
Franais (French)
voquer, susciter, appeler
Deutsch (German)
v. - heraufbeschwren, hervorrufen, vor ein hheres Gericht laden
ή (Greek)
v. ύ, ύ, έ , ύ ί, ά, ώ, ώ, ώ (ύ ..)
Italiano (Italian)
evocare, suscitare, impugnare
Portugus (Portuguese)
v. - evocar, produzir, provocar
Русский (Russian)
вызывать, пробуждать, напоминать
Espaol (Spanish)
v. tr. - evocar, suscitar, llamar
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - framkalla, vcka
中国话 (Simplified Chinese)
v. tr. - 唤起, 引起
中國話 (Traditional Chinese)
v. tr. - 喚起, 引起
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 呼び起こす, 引き起こす, 呼び出す
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) يستحضر الأرواح, يستدعي
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - העלה באוב, השביע, עורר
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