evoke

[ih-vohk] /ɪˈvoʊk/
verb (used with object), evoked, evoking.
1.
to call up or produce (memories, feelings, etc.):
to evoke a memory.
2.
to elicit or draw forth:
His comment evoked protests from the shocked listeners.
3.
to call up; cause to appear; summon:
to evoke a spirit from the dead.
4.
to produce or suggest through artistry and imagination a vivid impression of reality:
a short passage that manages to evoke the smells, colors, sounds, and shapes of that metropolis.
Origin
1615-25; < Latin ēvocāre, equivalent to ē- e-1 + vocāre to call (akin to vōx voice)
Related forms
evoker, noun
unevoked, adjective
Examples from the web for evoke
  • Low light can be used to evoke a special mood and feel.
  • Few animals on Earth evoke the antipathy that mosquitoes do.
  • Photographic images are frozen in time, but the meanings they evoke are fluid.
  • Both poems wittily resolve the terror they evoke.
  • One major plus stems from the fact that neurons use different neurotransmitters to fine-tune the responses they evoke.
  • These days, the photograph evokes not possibility, but defeat.
  • The results vaguely evoke a third-grade arts-and-crafts project.
  • Using a single fallen tree, artists can evoke an entire landscape.
  • Train journeys evoke a sense of nostalgia and adventure.
  • The decision was expected to evoke favorable reaction from abroad.
British Dictionary definitions for evoke

evoke

/ɪˈvəʊk/
verb (transitive)
1.
to call or summon up (a memory, feeling, etc), esp from the past
2.
to call forth or provoke; produce; elicit: his words evoked an angry reply
3.
to cause (spirits) to appear; conjure up
Derived Forms
evocable (ˈɛvəkəbəl) adjective
evoker, noun
evinceinvoke
Word Origin
C17: from Latin ēvocāre to call forth, from vocāre to call
Word Origin and History for evoke
v.

1620s, from French évoquer or directly from Latin evocare "call out, rouse, summon" (see evocation). Often more or less with a sense of "calling spirits," or being called by them. Related: Evoked; evokes; evoking.