Definition of evoke
evoked
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Examples of evoke in a Sentence
The old house evoked memories of his childhood.
His photographs evoke the isolation and solitude of the desert.
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All the mer-characters wear flowing green skirts that evoke tails.
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Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer sent out a fake newspaper that evoked a famous New York Daily News headline –
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The CEO evoked remarks made over the weekend by German Chancellor Angela Merkel to push his point that Europeans should not bend to U.S. pressure.
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The largest of them was a glitzy bash at a villa outside downtown that evoked halcyon days of festivals past, when established U.S. and French giants regularly threw over-the-top parties.
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The stench is meant to evoke filth, gangrene and the barnyard, Gibbons Backus said.
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Suu Kyi’s historic struggle for democracy still evokes deep respect in Washington and European capitals, but 14 months running a civilian government has exposed her inability to bring peace to a country riven by ethnic conflict.
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Few battlefield areas evoke the tragedy of the Ypres salient more than Passchendaele, around the modern village of Passendale.
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To validate this position, jihadists often evoke the the Battle of Badr, a key moment in early Muslim history that occurred during the month of Ramadan in the year 624 CE.
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Origin and Etymology of evoke
French évoquer, from Latin evocare, from e- + vocare to call — more at vocation
First Known Use: circa 1622
Synonym Discussion of evoke
Other Occult Terms
EVOKE Defined for English Language Learners
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: to bring (a memory, feeling, image, etc.) into the mind
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: to cause (a particular reaction or response) to happen
EVOKE Defined for Kids
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evoked
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: to bring to mind The photos evoked memories of our trip.
Word Root of evoke
The Latin word vox, meaning “voice,” and the related word vocāre, meaning “to call”, give us the root voc or vok. Words from the Latin vox or vocāre have something to do with the voice or with calling. Anything vocal is produced by the voice. A vocation is the work that someone is called to do as a job. To evoke is to call forth. To invoke is to call on for aid or protection. To provoke is to call forth another's anger. The word voice also has vox as its root.
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