evoke
verbUK /ɪˈvəʊk/ · US /ɪˈvoʊk/
Etymology From French évoquer, from Latin ēvocō (“to call out, summon”), from ex (“out”) and vocō (“call”). Akin to voice.
1
To call out; to draw out or bring forth.
2
To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.
- Being here evokes long forgotten memories.
- Seeing this happen equally evokes fear and anger in me.
3 more examples
- The book evokes a detailed and lively picture of what life was like in the 19th century.
- The face of the dying man in the lingchi video monotonously evokes Maria Falconetti in Carl Theodor Dreyer ’s 1928 “Passion of Joan of Arc.”2007 July 25, Roberta Smith, “Figures Moving as if in a Trance Across an Isolated, Lawless Island”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:
- In the 175 years that have passed, composers have seized on accelerating and decelerating rhythms combined with the ostinati of pistons and wheels crossing track joints to evoke the feeling of travelling by rail.2025 December 24, Chris Edwards, “Rhythm of the railway”, in RAIL, number 1051, page 50:
3
To elicit a response.
- The outstanding train on the L.M.S. route was the 6.20 p.m. from Birmingham, which reached Euston in two hours after intermediate stops at Coventry, Rugby and Watford Junction, and evoked some sparkling performances from "Patriot" and "Jubilee" 4-6-0s.1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 98: