Definition of Evke
E*voke" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Evoked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Evoking.] [L. evocare; e out + vocare to
call, fr. vox, vocis, voice: cf. F
évoquer. See Voice, and cf. Evocate.]
1. To call out; to summon forth.
To evoke the queen of the fairies.
T. Warton.
A requlating discipline of exercise, that whilst
evoking the human energies, will not suffer them to be
wasted. De Quincey.
2. To call away; to remove from one tribunal
to another. [R.] "The cause was evoked to Rome."
Hume.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- 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 Nuttall Encyclopedia
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