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evocation

Main Entry:: evo·ca·tion
Pronunciation:: \ˌē-vō-ˈkā-shən, ˌe-və-\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Latin evocation-, evocatio, from evocare
Date:: 1633

1: the act or fact of evoking : summoning: as a: the summoning of a spirit b: imaginative recreation <an evocation of the past> 2: induction 4e

— evo·ca·tor

\ˈē-vō-ˌkā-tər, ˈe-və-\ noun

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