Evoke
[ɪ'vəʊk] or [ɪ'vok]
Definition
(v. t.) To call out; to summon forth.
(v. t.) To call away; to remove from one tribunal to another.
Typist: Terrence
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Summon, call forth, call up, summon forth.
Typed by Josephine
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Excite, educe, provoke, elicit, produce, eliminate, extract, summon, call_out
ANT:Allay, stifle, stop, silence, prevent, seal
Typed by Keller
Definition
v.t. to call out: to draw out or bring forth.—v.t. Ev′ocate to call up (spirits) from the dead.—n. Evocā′tion.
Typist: Marion
Examples
- The fathomless, fathomless desire they could evoke in him was deeper than death, where he had no choice. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- And all of us have like wonders hidden in our breasts, only needing circumstances to evoke them. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Such is the power of places to evoke associations; so it is with good reason that they are used as a basis for memory training. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- What its menace meant he could not guess: but he was sufficiently warned by the fact that Madame Olenska's name had evoked it. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The thinking thus evoked is artificially one-sided at the best. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Sir Leicester considers himself evoked out of the sanctuary by these remarks. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Silenus, by his drunken gestures, and difficulty in keeping his seat, evoked roars of laughter, and was quite the hero of the hour. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Lily was acutely aware of her own part in this drama of innuendo: she knew the exact quality of the amusement the situation evoked. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Charcoal portraits came next, and the entire family hung in a row, looking as wild and crocky as if just evoked from a coalbin. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- In evoking dread and hope of specific tangible reward--say comfort and ease--many other capacities are left untouched. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Checker: Sandra