evoke en · VERB
Pronunciation
Etymology
From French évoquer, from Latin ēvocō (“to call out, summon”), from ex (“out”) and vocō (“call”). Akin to voice.
Meanings
- (transitive) To call out; to draw out or bring forth.
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(transitive) To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.
The book evokes a detailed and lively picture of what life was like in the 19th century.
Being here evokes long forgotten memories.
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.
2025 December 24, Chris Edwards, “Rhythm of the railway”, in RAIL, number 1051, page 50: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.”
2007 July 25, Roberta Smith, “Figures Moving as if in a Trance Across an Isolated, Lawless Island”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:Seeing this happen equally evokes fear and anger in me.
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(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.
1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 98:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| evokes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| evoked | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| evoked | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| evoking | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
unevocable · evocationism · evocable · evokable · unevokable · reevoke · re-evoke · evocation · reëvoke · evoker
Relateds
advoke · provoke · invoke · avoke · convoke · revoke · evocate
Synonyms
excite · induce · grill · send · move · excite · motive · set off · fuel · provoke · actuate · whet · instigate · goad · drive · evoke · egg on · promote · push · stir up · provoke · spur · motivate · stimulate · stir · inspire · invoke · urge · draw · light a fire under · bring about · cheer · oblige · instigate · call up · rouse · tempt · incite · sting · abet · whip up · foment · spur on · goose · lash · impel · stoke · inflame · ignite · put someone in mind of · spark off · invoke · encourage · obligate · engender · prompt
Translations (43)
da fremmane (to cause the manifestation of) · ia evocar (to cause the manifestation of) · ja 喚起する (to cause the manifestation of) · cs vyvolávat (to cause the manifestation of) · cs vyvolat (to cause the manifestation of) · hu felidéz (to cause the manifestation of) · ia rememorar (to cause the manifestation of) · pl przywoływać (to cause the manifestation of) · fr évoquer (to cause the manifestation of) · pl przywołać (to cause the manifestation of) · ru вызыва́ть (to cause the manifestation of) · cs evokovat (to cause the manifestation of) · de hervorrufen (to cause the manifestation of) · hy առաջացնել (to cause the manifestation of) · nl oproepen (to cause the manifestation of) · it rammemorare (to cause the manifestation of) · pl wywoływać (to cause the manifestation of) · pl wywołać (to cause the manifestation of) · eo elvoki (to cause the manifestation of) · ar اِسْتَحْضَارَ (to cause the manifestation of) · de heraufbeschwören (to cause the manifestation of) · pt evocar (to cause the manifestation of) · hi आह्वान (to cause the manifestation of) · fi synnyttää (to cause the manifestation of) · da vække (to cause the manifestation of) · es evocar (to cause the manifestation of) · ca evocar (to cause the manifestation of) · fi herättää (to cause the manifestation of) · bg предизви́квам (to cause the manifestation of) · mi pūkare (to cause the manifestation of) · ru вы́звать (to cause the manifestation of) · la ēvōcō (to cause the manifestation of) · he עורר (to cause the manifestation of) · no framkalle (to cause the manifestation of) · bg събуждам (to cause the manifestation of) · sv frammana (to cause the manifestation of) · ar اِسْتَدَعَى (to cause the manifestation of) · gl evocar (to cause the manifestation of) · da fremkalde (to cause the manifestation of) · cmn 喚起 /唤起 (to cause the manifestation of) · sq evokoj (to cause the manifestation of) · hy հարուցել (to cause the manifestation of) · fr remémorer (to cause the manifestation of)