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Pos: Verb (transitive)
[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Verb evoke has 5 senses

1.  evoke(v = verb.emotion) arouse, elicit, enkindle, fire, kindle, provoke, raise - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
is one way to create, make
Derived forms noun evocation3, adjective evocative1
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

2.  evoke(v = verb.creation) call forth, kick up, provoke - evoke or provoke to appear or occur; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple"
is one way to cause, do, make
Derived form noun evocation3
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

3.  evoke(v = verb.creation) draw out, educe, elicit, extract - deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
is one way to construe, interpret, see
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

4.  evoke(v = verb.creation) arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, invoke, put forward, raise, stir - 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"
is one way to create, make
Derived form noun evocation2
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

5.  evoke(v = verb.communication) paint a picture, suggest - call to mind; "this remark evoked sadness"
is one way to evince, express, show
Derived forms noun evocation1, adjective evocative1
Sample sentences: Something ----s something


[CIDE DICTIONARY]

evoke, v. t. [L. evocare; e out + vocare to call, fr. vox, vocis, voice: cf. F évoquer. See Voice, and cf. Evocate.].

1.  To call out; to summon forth. [1913 Webster]
"To evoke the queen of the fairies." [1913 Webster]
"A regulating discipline of exercise, that whilst evoking the human energies, will not suffer them to be wasted." [1913 Webster]

2.  To call away; to remove from one tribunal to another. Hume.


[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

evoke, v.tr.
1 inspire or draw forth (memories, feelings, a response, etc.).
2 summon (a supposed spirit from the dead).

Derivative:
evocation n. evoker n.

Etymology:
L evocare (as E-, vocare call)


[ROGET DICTIONARY]

Request

VB  request, ask, beg, crave, sue, pray, petition, solicit, invite, pop the question, make bold to ask, beg leave, beg a boon, apply to, call to, put to, call upon, call for, make a request, address a request, prefer a request, put up a request, make a prayer, address a prayer, prefer a prayer, put up a prayer, make a petition, address a petition, prefer a petition, put up a petition, make application, make a requisition, ask trouble, ask one for, claim, offer up prayers, whistle for, beg hard, entreat, beseech, plead, supplicate, implore, conjure, adjure, obtest, cry to, kneel to, appeal to, invoke, evoke, impetrate, imprecate, ply, press, urge, beset, importune, dun, tax, clamor for, cry aloud, cry for help, fall on one's knees, throw oneself at the feet of, come down on one's marrowbones, beg from door to door, send the hat round, go a begging, mendicate, mump, cadge, beg one's bread, dance attendance on, besiege, knock at the door, bespeak, canvass, tout, make interest, court, seek, bid for, publish the banns.


Cause

VB  be the cause of, originate, give origin to, give rise, to, give occasion to, cause, occasion, sow the seeds of, kindle, suscitate, bring on, bring to bring pass, bring about, produce, create, set up, set afloat, set on foot, found, broach, institute, lay the foundation of, lie at the root of, procure, induce, draw down, open the door to, superinduce, evoke, entail, operate, elicit, provoke, conduce to, contribute, have a hand in the pie, have a finger in the pie, determine, decide, turn the scale, have a common origin, derive its origin.


Excitation

VB  excite, affect, touch, move, impress, strike, interest, animate, inspire, impassion, smite, infect, stir the blood, fire the blood, warm the blood, set astir, wake, awake, awaken, call forth, evoke, provoke, raise up, summon up, call up, wake up, blow up, get up, light up, raise, get up the steam, rouse, arouse, stir, fire, kindle, enkindle, apply the torch, set on fire, inflame, stimulate, exsuscitate, inspirit, spirit up, stir up, work up, pique, infuse life into, give new life to, bring new blood, introduce new blood, quicken, sharpen, whet, work upon, hurry on, give a fillip, put on one's mettle, fan the fire, fan the flame, blow the coals, stir the embers, fan into a flame, foster, heat, warm, foment, raise to a fever heat, keep up, keep the pot boiling, revive, rekindle, rake up, rip up, stir the feelings, play on the feelings, come home to the feelings, touch a string, touch a chord, touch the soul, touch the heart, go to one's heart, penetrate, pierce, go through one, touch to the quick, possess the soul, pervade the soul, penetrate the soul, imbrue the soul, absorb the soul, affect the soul, disturb the soul, absorb, rivet the attention, sink into the mind, sink into the heart, prey on the mind, distract, intoxicate, overwhelm, overpower, bouleverser, upset, turn one's head, fascinate, enrapture, agitate, perturb, ruffle, fluster, shake, disturb, startle, shock, stagger, give one a shock, give one a turn, strike all of a heap, stun, astound, electrify, galvanize, petrify, irritate, sting, cut to the heart, cut to the quick, try one's temper, fool to the top of one's bent, pique, infuriate, madden, make one's blood boil, lash into fury, be excited, flush up, flare up, catch the infection, thrill, mantle, work oneself up, seethe, boil, simmer, foam, fume, flame, rage, rave, run mad.