evoke (redirected from Evoker)

e·voke  (-vk)

tr.v. e·voked, e·vok·ing, e·vokes

1. To summon or call forth: actions that evoked our mistrust.

2. To call to mind by naming, citing, or suggesting: songs that evoke old memories.

3. To create anew, especially by means of the imagination: a novel that evokes the Depression in accurate detail.

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[Latin vocre : -, ex-, ex- + vocre, to call; see wek^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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evo·ca·ble (v-k-bl, -vk-) adj.

Synonyms: evoke, educe, elicit
These verbs mean to draw forth or bring out something latent, hidden, or unexpressed: evoke laughter; educed significance from the event; trying to elicit the truth.

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evoke

Verb

[evoking, evoked]

1. to call or summon up (a memory or feeling) from the past

2. to provoke or bring about: his sacking evoked a huge public protest [Latin evocare to call forth]

USAGE: See at evince and invoke.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	evoke - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" arouse, elicit, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" touch a chord, strike a chord - evoke a reaction, response, or emotion; "this writer strikes a chord with young women"; "The storyteller touched a chord" ask for, invite - increase the likelihood of; "ask for trouble"; "invite criticism" draw - elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.; "The President's comments drew sharp criticism from the Republicans"; "The comedian drew a lot of laughter" rekindle - arouse again; "rekindle hopes"; "rekindle her love" infatuate - arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way; "His new car has infatuated him"; "love has infatuated her" prick - to cause a sharp emotional pain; "The thought of her unhappiness pricked his conscience" fire up, stir up, wake, heat, ignite, inflame - arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred" stimulate, stir, shake up, excite, shake - stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" excite - arouse or elicit a feeling anger - make angry; "The news angered him" discomfit, discompose, untune, upset, disconcert - cause to lose one's composure shame - cause to be ashamed spite, wound, bruise, injure, offend, hurt - hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego" overwhelm, sweep over, whelm, overpower, overtake, overcome - overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli interest - excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of
	2.	evoke - evoke or provoke to appear or occur; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple" call forth, kick up, provoke bring up, call down, conjure, conjure up, invoke, call forth, put forward, arouse, evoke, stir, 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" cause, do, make - give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident" pick - provoke; "pick a fight or a quarrel"
	3.	evoke - deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant" educe, elicit, extract, draw out construe, interpret, see - make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"
	4.	evoke - 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" conjure, conjure up, invoke, bring up, call down, call forth, arouse, put forward, stir, raise anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, damn, imprecate, maledict, curse - wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child" bless - give a benediction to; "The dying man blessed his son" create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" call forth, evoke, kick up, provoke - evoke or provoke to appear or occur; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple"
	5.	evoke - call to mind; "this remark evoked sadness" paint a picture, suggest evince, express, show - give expression to; "She showed her disappointment" reek, smack, smell - have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism" incriminate, inculpate, imply - suggest that someone is guilty

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evoke

verb 1. arouse, cause, excite, stimulate, induce, awaken, give rise to, stir up, rekindle, summon up << OPPOSITE suppress

verb 2. provoke, produce, elicit, call to mind, call forth, educe (rare)

Translations

evoke [ɪˈvəuk] vt → evocar [+ admiration]; provocar

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evoke [ɪˈvəuk] vt → évoquer [+ admiration]; susciter

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evoke [ɪˈvəuk] vt → hervorrufen;

(memory) → wecken

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evoke [ɪˈvəuk] vt → evocare [+ admiration]; suscitare