evoke
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transitive verb \i-ˈvōk\evokedevok·ing
Definition of EVOKE
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: to re-create imaginatively
Examples of EVOKE
- The old house evoked memories of his childhood.
- 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
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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
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