evoke
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin ēvocō (“callout, summon”), from ex (“out”) and vocō (“call”) (confer English "voice"), via French évoquer.
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
evoke (third-person singular simple present evokes, present participle evoking, simple past and past participle evoked)
- To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.
- Being here evokes long forgotten memories.
- Seeing this happen equally evokes fear and anger in me.
- The book evokes a detailed and lively picture of what life was like in the 19th century.
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Translations [edit]
To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination
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