evoke

evoke

verb \i-ˈvōk\

evokedevok·ing

Definition of EVOKE

transitive verb

1

: to call forth or up: as a : conjure 2a <evoke evil spirits> b : to cite especially with approval or for support : invoke c : to bring to mind or recollection <this place evokes memories>

2

: to re-create imaginatively

Examples of EVOKE

1. The old house evoked memories of his childhood.
2. His photographs evoke the isolation and solitude of the desert.

Origin of EVOKE

French évoquer, from Latin evocare, from e- + vocare to call — more at vocation

First Known Use: circa 1622

Related to EVOKE

Synonyms: elicit, educe, inspire, raise

Related Words: drag, dredge (up), extort, extract, pull, wangle, wrest, wring; coax (out), gain, get, obtain, procure, secure; bare, disclose, discover, divulge, evince, expose, reveal, uncloak, uncover, unmask, unveil

Near Antonyms: disregard, forget, ignore, miss, neglect, overlook, overpass, pass over

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See Synonym Discussion at educe

Other Occult Terms

augury, censor, invocation, lucidity, metempsychosis, mojo, numinous, preternatural, weird, wraith

Rhymes with EVOKE

ad hoc, backstroke, baroque, bespoke, blow smoke, breaststroke, brushstroke, bur oak, chain-smoke, convoke, cork oak, cowpoke, downstroke, ground stroke, heatstroke, holm oak, in-joke, invoke, keystroke, kinfolk, kinsfolk, menfolk, pin oak, post oak, presoak, provoke, red oak, revoke, scrub oak, she-oak, sidestroke, silk oak, slowpoke, sunchoke, sunstroke, tan oak, townsfolk, uncloak, unyoke, upstroke, white oak, workfolk