evoke

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evoke Definition

• (v) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
• (v) call forth; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple"
• (v) deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
• (v) evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "stir a disturbance"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
• (v) call to mind or evoke

evoke Synonyms

• arouse
• bring up
• call down
• call forth
• conjure
• conjure up
• draw out
• educe
• elicit
• enkindle
• evoke
• extract
• fire
• invoke
• kick up
• kindle
• paint a picture
• provoke
• put forward
• raise
• stir
• suggest