- to call or summon up (a memory, feeling, etc), esp from the past
- to call forth or provoke; produce; elicit: his words evoked an angry reply
- to cause (spirits) to appear; conjure up
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e•voke /ɪˈvoʊk/USA pronunciation
v. [~ + object], e•voked, e•vok•ing.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- to call up (memories, feelings, etc.):The book evoked memories of her childhood.
e•voke
(i vōk′),USA pronunciation v.t., e•voked, e•vok•ing.
e•vok′er, n.
- to call up or produce (memories, feelings, etc.):to evoke a memory.
- to elicit or draw forth:His comment evoked protests from the shocked listeners.
- to call up;
cause to appear;
summon:to evoke a spirit from the dead. - to produce or suggest through artistry and imagination a vivid impression of reality:a short passage that manages to evoke the smells, colors, sounds, and shapes of that metropolis.
- Latin ēvocāre, equivalent. to ē- e- + vocāre to call (akin to vōx voice)
- 1615–25
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evoke /ɪˈvəʊk/ vb (transitive)
'evoke' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
arouse
- ballade
- call up
- conjure up
- drum up
- elicit
- evince
- evocation
- evocative
- excite
- invoke
- programme music
- question
- suggest
- synaesthesia
- bell
- bring
- call
- conditioning
- device
- evocator
- extract
- generous
- gorge
- impressionism
- objective correlative
- rise
- symbolist