Evoke - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ɪˈvəʊk|
Brit.
|ɪˈvəʊk|
verb
- call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) (syn: arouse, elicit, enkindle, fire, kindle, provoke, raise)
- deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning) (syn: draw out, educe, elicit, extract)
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic (syn: arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, invoke, put forward, raise, stir)
- call to mind (syn: suggest)
evoke sympathy
- evoke or provoke to appear or occur (syn: call forth, kick up, provoke)- deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning) (syn: draw out, educe, elicit, extract)
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic (syn: arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, invoke, put forward, raise, stir)
- call to mind (syn: suggest)
this remark evoked sadness
Extra examples
The old house evoked memories of his childhood.
His photographs evoke the isolation and solitude of the desert.
The photographs evoked strong memories of our holidays in France.
His appearance is bound to evoke sympathy.
Her speech evoked a hostile response.
The poem is an evocation of lost love.
...a gentle jester, the cartoonist more often tries to evoke a broad smile than a hearty guffaw...
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: evoke
he/she/it: evokes
present participle: evoking
past tense: evoked
past participle: evoked
I/you/we/they: evoke
he/she/it: evokes
present participle: evoking
past tense: evoked
past participle: evoked
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