evoke

(ĭ-vōk')
tr.v., e·voked, e·vok·ing, e·vokes.

1. To summon or call forth: actions that evoked our mistrust.
2. To call to mind by naming, citing, or suggesting: songs that evoke old memories.
3. To create anew, especially by means of the imagination: a novel that evokes the Depression in accurate detail.

[Latin ēvocāre : ē-, ex-, ex- + vocāre, to call.]

evocable ev'o·ca·ble (ĕv'ə-kə-bəl, ĭ-vō'kə-) adj.

SYNONYMS   evoke, educe, elicit. These verbs mean to draw forth or bring out something latent, hidden, or unexpressed: evoke laughter; educed significance from the event; trying to elicit the truth.

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verb

To call forth or bring out (something latent, hidden, or unexpressed): draw (out), educe, elicit, summon. See show/hide.

v

Definition: induce, stimulate
Antonyms: halt, quell, repress, silence, stifle, stop, suppress

IN BRIEF: To call or summon forth.

You can't evoke great spirits and eat plums at the same time. — George William Russell (1867-1935).

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For a list of words related to evoke, see:

• Modes and Manners of Expression - evoke: call up or inspire a particular response
• Learning and Memory - evoke: call up or produce memories
• Belief and Conception - evoke: re-create from memory or imagination; conjure up

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - vække, vække til live, fremmane, rejse

Nederlands (Dutch)
oproepen, aanroepen, voor een hoger gerecht ontbieden

Français (French)
v. tr. - évoquer, susciter

Deutsch (German)
v. - heraufbeschwören, hervorrufen, vor ein höheres Gericht laden

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - επικαλούμαι, προσεπικαλούμαι, ξαναφέρνω στο νου, ζωντανεύω στη φαντασία, παράγω, προκαλώ, ξεσηκώνω, καλώ (πνεύμα κ.λπ.)

Italiano (Italian)
evocare, suscitare, impugnare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - evocar, produzir, provocar

Русский (Russian)
вызывать, пробуждать, напоминать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - evocar, suscitar, llamar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - framkalla, väcka

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
唤起, 引起

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 喚起, 引起

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 불러내다, 환기시키다, 이송하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 呼び起こす, 引き起こす, 呼び出す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يستحضر الأرواح, يستدعي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮העלה באוב, השביע, עורר‬

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