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evoke::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | arouse, elicit, enkindle, fire, kindle, provoke, raise |
| Type of | make, create |
| Has types | overpower, whelm, ask for, wake, upset, untune, touch a chord, bruise, sweep over, strike a chord, offend, stir, stimulate, spite, wound, stir up, overcome, infatuate, inflame, injure, interest, anger, invite, prick, overwhelm, overtake, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, shame, draw, shake up, shake, excite, fire up, heat, hurt, ignite, rekindle |
| Derivation | evocation, evocative |
evoke sympathy.
evoke::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, invoke, put forward, raise, stir |
| Type of | summon, call up |
| Has types | anathemize, imprecate, anathemise, damn, curse, bless, beshrew, bedamn, maledict |
| Verb group | call forth, provoke, kick up |
| Derivation | evocation |
Examples of evoke
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The dark woods, soaring ceilings and comfy booths evoke the haute-barnyard half.
From the bloomberg.com
His rhymes evoke Lil Wayne's manic croak transposed into a suave, sonorous purr.
From the washingtonpost.com
The taste of a particularly pungent garlic sauce can evoke similar remembrances.
From the time.com
Yet it's still about what the Cribs evoke for me, not what they actually create.
From the ocregister.com
Writers who understand landscape and evoke a sense of place fire my imagination.
From the guardian.co.uk
Hooked rugs evoke a feeling of yesteryear, of Grandma's house and simpler times.
From the stltoday.com
It was intended to evoke both the American frontier and an exotic fantasy world.
From the en.wikipedia.org
One of the best aspects of crosswords is that they can evoke long lost memories.
From the wordplay.blogs.nytimes.com
Polygamy is one of the few practices that still evoke genuine disgust in people.
From the healthland.time.com
- Arouse: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
- Provoke: evoke or provoke to appear or occur; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple"
- Educe: deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
- Raise: summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
- Suggest: call to mind; "this remark evoked sadness"
- (evoked) elicited: called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation; "evoked potentials"; "an elicited response"
- Evoke is a 2005 album by the German industrial music project :wumpscut:.
- Evoke is the largest demoparty held annually in Germany (formerly the largest was Breakpoint, the last of which was held in April 2010).
- (Evokes) Evocation is the act of calling or summoning a spirit, demon, god or other supernatural agent, in the Western mystery tradition. Comparable practices exist in many religions and magical traditions.
