Definitions of evoke [ɪˈvoʊk]

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Definition of 'evoke'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) evoke
to call up or produce (memories, feelings, etc.).

2.  evoke
to elicit or draw forth:
His comment evoked many protests.

3.  evoke
to suggest through artistry and imagination:
a poem that evokes sounds and images of urban life.

4.  evoke
to call up; cause to appear; summon:
to evoke a spirit from the dead.

Etymology: (1615–25; < L ēvocāre=ē-e - +vocāre to call (akin to vōxvoice ))

Definition of 'evoke'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
"arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"

2. (verb) provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up
evoke or provoke to appear or occur
"Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple"

3. (verb) educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw out
deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
"We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"

4. (verb) raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth
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"

5. (verb) suggest, evoke, paint a picture
call to mind
"this remark evoked sadness"

Definition of 'evoke'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) evoke
to call out; to summon forth

2. (verb) evoke
to call away; to remove from one tribunal to another

Translation of 'evoke'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to cause or produce (especially a response, reaction etc) His letter in the newspaper evoked a storm of protest.
Afrikaans: uitlok	Arabic: يَسْتَثير، يُثير	Bulgarian: предизвиквам
Brazilian: provocar	Czech: vyvolat	German: hervorrufen
Danish: fremkalde; skabe; vække	Greek: προκαλώ	Spanish: provocar
Estonian: esile kutsuma	Farsi: ایجاد کردن؛ برانگیختن	Finnish: synnyttää
French: susciter	Hebrew: לְעוֹרֵר	Hindi: आह्वान करना
Croatian: izazvati, potaknuti	Hungarian: kivált	Indonesian: menimbulkan
Icelandic: vekja, kalla/laða fram	Italian: provocare	Japanese: 引き起こす
Korean: 유발하다	Lithuanian: sukelti	Latvian: izraisīt (atbildes reakci
Malay: menimbulkan	Dutch: oproepen	Norwegian: vekke, mane/kalle fram
Polish: wywoływać	Persian: ایجاد کردن؛ برانگیختن	Pashto: پارول: حاضرول، را بلل، را
Portuguese: provocar	Romanian: a evoca	Russian: вызывать
Slovak: vyvolať	Slovenian: izzvati	Serbian: izazvati
Swedish: väcka, framkalla	Thai: ทำ��ห้ปรากฏขึ้น	Turkish: neden olmak
Taiwanese: 引起	Ukrainian: викликати	Urdu: اکسانا
Vietnamese: gây ra	Chinese: 引起
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