evocation

Noun
US[ee-voh-key-shuhn]/ˌivoʊˈkeɪʃən/4 syllables
Synonyms: summoninginductionelicitation

Open English WordNet

Noun (3)

  1. imaginative re-creationType of imagination, imaging
  2. calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantationsSynonyms: summoningType of conjuring, conjurationPart of exorcism, dispossession
  3. stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors“the elicitation of his testimony was not easy”Synonyms: inductionelicitationType of stimulation, stimulus

Related words evoke verb, call down verb, elicit verb

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Ev′o·ca′tion noun

Origin: L. evocatio: cf. F. évocation.

The act of calling out or forth. Sir. T. Browne.

The evocation of that better spirit.— Matthew Arnold

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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