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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.]

Definition 2024


evoke

evoke

English

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evoke (third-person singular simple present evokes, present participle evoking, simple past and past participle evoked)

  1. To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.
    Being here evokes long forgotten memories.
    Seeing this happen equally evokes fear and anger in me.
    The book evokes a detailed and lively picture of what life was like in the 19th century.

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