evoke
(verb)
verb
1. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- evoke sympathy
Similar word(s): arouse, elicit, enkindle, fire, kindle, provoke, raise
Definition categories: emotion, create, make
2. evoke or provoke to appear or occur
Similar word(s): provoke
Definition categories: creation, cause, do, make
3. deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
Similar word(s): educe, elicit, extract
Definition categories: creation, construe, interpret, see
4. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
Similar word(s): arouse, conjure, invoke, raise, stir
Definition categories: creation, summon
5. call to mind
- this remark evoked sadness
Similar word(s): suggest
Definition categories: communication, evince, express, show
Sentences with evoke as a verb:
- Being here evokes long forgotten memories.
- Seeing this happen equally evokes fear and anger in me.
- The book evokes a detailed and lively picture of what life was like in the 19th century.