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Webster 1913 Edition
Evoke
E-voke′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Evoked
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Evoking
.] 1.
To call out; to summon forth.
To
evoke
the queen of the fairies. T. Warton.
A regulating discipline of exercise, that whilst
evoking
the human energies, will not suffer them to be wasted. De Quincey.
Webster 1828 Edition
Evoke
EVO'KE
,Verb.
T.
Neptune is a deity who evocates things into progression.
1.
To call from one tribunal to another; to remove.The cause was evoked to Rome.
[Evoke is the preferable word.]
Definition 2024
evoke
evoke
English
Verb
evoke (third-person singular simple present evokes, present participle evoking, simple past and past participle evoked)
- 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.
Derived terms
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Translations
to cause the manifestation of
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