Associations to the word «Evoke»

Wiktionary

EVOKE, verb. To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.

Dictionary definition

EVOKE, verb. Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy".
EVOKE, verb. Evoke or provoke to appear or occur; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple".
EVOKE, verb. Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant".
EVOKE, verb. 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".
EVOKE, verb. Call to mind; "this remark evoked sadness".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky