evoke

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: e=voke

CIDE DICTIONARY

evoke, v. t. [L. evocare; e out + vocare to call, fr. vox, vocis, voice: cf. F évoquer. See Voice, and cf. Evocate.].

•  To call out; to summon forth.  [1913 Webster]

  "To evoke the queen of the fairies."  [1913 Webster]

  "A regulating discipline of exercise, that whilst evoking the human energies, will not suffer them to be wasted."  [1913 Webster]
•  To call away; to remove from one tribunal to another.  Hume.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

evoke, v.tr.
1 inspire or draw forth (memories, feelings, a response, etc.).
2 summon (a supposed spirit from the dead).

Derivative

evocation n. evoker n.

Etymology

L evocare (as E-, vocare call)

THESAURUS

evoke

ape, appear like, approach, approximate, arouse, awake, awaken, be like, be redolent of, bear resemblance, bid come, bring, bring about, bring back, bring forth, bring on, bring out, bring to life, bring to light, bring to mind, call, call away, call back, call for, call forth, call in, call out, call to mind, call together, call up, call up spirits, cause, character, characterize, cite, come close, come near, compare with, conjure, conjure up, conjure up spirits, contrive, convene, convoke, copy, correspond, counterfeit, deduce, delineate, demand, depict, derive, describe, drag out, draw, draw down, draw forth, draw on, draw out, educe, effect, elicit, evince, excite, express, extort, extract, favor, follow, get, get from, get out of, give words to, go back, go back over, hark back, imitate, indent, induce, inspire, instigate, invoke, lead, limn, look back, look like, match, milk, mimic, mind, mirror, motivate, muster, muster up, near, nearly reproduce, not tell apart, obtain, order up, outline, page, paint, parallel, partake of, picture, portray, preconize, procure, prompt, provoke, raise, raise ghosts, rally, recall, recall to mind, recapture, recollect, reevoke, reflect, remember, remind one of, render, represent, requisition, resemble, retrace, retrospect, review, review in retrospect, revive, rouse, savor of, secure, see in retrospect, seem like, send after, send for, serve, set forth, simulate, sketch, smack of, sound like, stack up with, stimulate, stir, subpoena, suggest, summon, summon forth, summon spirits, summon up, summons, superinduce, take after, think back, think of, use hindsight, waken, wangle, wangle out of, winkle out, worm out, worm out of, write

ROGET THESAURUS

evoke

Request

VB request, ask, beg, crave, sue, pray, petition, solicit, invite, pop the question, make bold to ask, beg leave, beg a boon, apply to, call to, put to, call upon, call for, make a request, address a request, prefer a request, put up a request, make a prayer, address a prayer, prefer a prayer, put up a prayer, make a petition, address a petition, prefer a petition, put up a petition, make application, make a requisition, ask trouble, ask one for, claim, offer up prayers, whistle for, beg hard, entreat, beseech, plead, supplicate, implore, conjure, adjure, obtest, cry to, kneel to, appeal to, invoke, evoke, impetrate, imprecate, ply, press, urge, beset, importune, dun, tax, clamor for, cry aloud, cry for help, fall on one's knees, throw oneself at the feet of, come down on one's marrowbones, beg from door to door, send the hat round, go a begging, mendicate, mump, cadge, beg one's bread, dance attendance on, besiege, knock at the door, bespeak, canvass, tout, make interest, court, seek, bid for, publish the banns.

Cause

VB be the cause of, originate, give origin to, give rise, to, give occasion to, cause, occasion, sow the seeds of, kindle, suscitate, bring on, bring to bring pass, bring about, produce, create, set up, set afloat, set on foot, found, broach, institute, lay the foundation of, lie at the root of, procure, induce, draw down, open the door to, superinduce, evoke, entail, operate, elicit, provoke, conduce to, contribute, have a hand in the pie, have a finger in the pie, determine, decide, turn the scale, have a common origin, derive its origin.

Excitation

VB excite, affect, touch, move, impress, strike, interest, animate, inspire, impassion, smite, infect, stir the blood, fire the blood, warm the blood, set astir, wake, awake, awaken, call forth, evoke, provoke, raise up, summon up, call up, wake up, blow up, get up, light up, raise, get up the steam, rouse, arouse, stir, fire, kindle, enkindle, apply the torch, set on fire, inflame, stimulate, exsuscitate, inspirit, spirit up, stir up, work up, pique, infuse life into, give new life to, bring new blood, introduce new blood, quicken, sharpen, whet, work upon, hurry on, give a fillip, put on one's mettle, fan the fire, fan the flame, blow the coals, stir the embers, fan into a flame, foster, heat, warm, foment, raise to a fever heat, keep up, keep the pot boiling, revive, rekindle, rake up, rip up, stir the feelings, play on the feelings, come home to the feelings, touch a string, touch a chord, touch the soul, touch the heart, go to one's heart, penetrate, pierce, go through one, touch to the quick, possess the soul, pervade the soul, penetrate the soul, imbrue the soul, absorb the soul, affect the soul, disturb the soul, absorb, rivet the attention, sink into the mind, sink into the heart, prey on the mind, distract, intoxicate, overwhelm, overpower, bouleverser, upset, turn one's head, fascinate, enrapture, agitate, perturb, ruffle, fluster, shake, disturb, startle, shock, stagger, give one a shock, give one a turn, strike all of a heap, stun, astound, electrify, galvanize, petrify, irritate, sting, cut to the heart, cut to the quick, try one's temper, fool to the top of one's bent, pique, infuriate, madden, make one's blood boil, lash into fury, be excited, flush up, flare up, catch the infection, thrill, mantle, work oneself up, seethe, boil, simmer, foam, fume, flame, rage, rave, run mad.