evoke

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
13
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ɪˈvəʊk/(UK)
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/ɪˈvəʊk/(UK) · /ɪˈvoʊk/(US)

Definition of evoke

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To call out; to draw out or bring forth.
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verb

  1. (transitive)To call out; to draw out or bring forth.
  2. (transitive)To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.
    “Being here evokes long forgotten memories.”
    “Seeing this happen equally evokes fear and anger in me.”
    “The book evokes a detailed and lively picture of what life was like in the 19th century.”
    “The face of the dying man in the lingchi video monotonously evokes Maria Falconetti in Carl Theodor Dreyer ’s 1928 “Passion of Joan of Arc.””
    “In the 175 years that have passed, composers have seized on accelerating and decelerating rhythms combined with the ostinati of pistons and wheels crossing track joints to evoke the feeling of travelling by rail.”
  3. (transitive)To elicit a response.
    “The outstanding train on the L.M.S. route was the 6.20 p.m. from Birmingham, which reached Euston in two hours after intermediate stops at Coventry, Rugby and Watford Junction, and evoked some sparkling performances from "Patriot" and "Jubilee" 4-6-0s.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From French évoquer, from Latin ēvocō (“to call out, summon”), from ex (“out”) and vocō (“call”). Akin to voice.

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