evoke

Verb

Synonyms: arouse elicit enkindle kindle fire raise provoke call forth kick up educe extract draw out

WordNet 3.0

Verb (5)

call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)“arouse pity”“raise a smile”“evoke sympathy”Synonyms: arouse elicit enkindle kindle fire raise provoke
evoke or provoke to appear or occur“Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple”Synonyms: provoke call forth kick up
deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)“We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant”Synonyms: educe elicit extract draw out
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”Synonyms: raise conjure conjure up invoke stir call down arouse bring up put forward call forth
call to mind“this remark evoked sadness”Synonyms: suggest paint a picture

Webster's Dictionary (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