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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Evoke \E*voke"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Evoked}; p. pr & vb n.
{Evoking}.] [L. evocare; e out + vocare to call fr vox,
vocis, voice: cf F ['e]voquer. See {Voice}, and cf
{Evocate}.]
1. To call out to summon forth.
To evoke the queen of the fairies. --T. Warton.
A requlating discipline of exercise, that whilst
evoking the human energies, will not suffer them to
be wasted. --De Quincey.
2. To call away to remove from one tribunal to another. [R.]
``The cause was evoked to Rome.'' --Hume.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
evoke
v 1: call forth; of emotions, feelings, and responses; "arouse
pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" [syn: {arouse},
{elicit}, {enkindle}, {kindle}, {fire}, {raise}, {provoke}]
2: call forth; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the
couple" [syn: {provoke}, {call forth}, {kick up}]
3: deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning) [syn: {educe},
{elicit}, {extract}, {draw out}]
4: call to mind or evoke [syn: {suggest}, {paint a picture}]
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