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VERB (5)

1. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses);
- Example: "arouse pity"
- Example: "raise a smile"
- Example: "evoke sympathy"
[syn: arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke]

2. evoke or provoke to appear or occur;
- Example: "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple"
[syn: provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up]

3. deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning);
- Example: "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
[syn: educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw out]

4. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic;
- Example: "raise the specter of unemployment"
- Example: "he conjured wild birds in the air"
- Example: "call down the spirits from the mountain"
[syn: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth]

5. call to mind;
- Example: "this remark evoked sadness"
[syn: suggest, evoke, paint a picture]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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   2. To call away; to remove from one tribunal to another. [R.]
      "The cause was evoked to Rome." --Hume. Evolatic


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

evoke
    v 1: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse
         pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" [syn: arouse,
         elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise,
         provoke]
    2: evoke or provoke to appear or occur; "Her behavior provoked a
       quarrel between the couple" [syn: provoke, evoke, call
       forth, kick up]
    3: 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]
    4: 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]
    5: call to mind; "this remark evoked sadness" [syn: suggest,
       evoke, paint a picture]