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reëvoke en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • [ɹiːʔiˈvəʊk]
  • /ɹiːɪˈvəʊk/

Etymology

From re- + evoke.

Meanings

  1. To evoke again.
    • A young Hungarian writer, widely travelled on the Continent, seeks to reëvoke the essential spirit of that inter-war Europe, now blown to bits. 1943 January, Robert Gale Woolbert, “A Wreath for Europa, by Paul Tabori” (capsule review) in Foreign Affairs
    • In this account of his “stewardship,” our wartime Ambassador to Britain reëvokes the dark, heroic days of 1941. 1948 April, Robert Gale Woolbert, “Letter from Grosvenor Square, by John Gilbert Winant” (capsule review) in Foreign Affairs

Forms

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re-evoke alternative lexicographic
reëvoking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
reevoke alternative lexicographic
reëvoked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
reëvoked Tense=Past lexicographic
reëvokes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic