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Webster 1913 Edition

Evoke

E-voke′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Evoked
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Evoking
.]
[L.
evocare
;
e
out +
vocare
to call, fr.
vox
,
vocis
, voice: cf. F
évoquer
. See
Voice
, and cf.
Evocate
.]
1.
To call out; to summon forth.
To
evoke
the queen of the fairies.
T. Warton.
A regulating discipline of exercise, that whilst
evoking
the human energies, will not suffer them to be wasted.
De Quincey.

Webster 1828 Edition

Evoke

EVO'KE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. evoco; e and voco, to call.] To call forth.
Neptune is a deity who evocates things into progression.
1.
To call from one tribunal to another; to remove.
The cause was evoked to Rome.
[Evoke is the preferable word.]

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