Evoke
WordNet
verb
(1) Call to mind
"This remark evoked sadness"
(2) 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"
(3) Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
"We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
(4) Evoke or provoke to appear or occur
"Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple"
(5) Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
"Arouse pity"
"Raise a smile"
"Evoke sympathy"
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Etymology
From Latin evocare, "to call out", "to summon", from ex-, "out" and vocare, "to call" (confer English "voice"), via French évoquer.
Verb
- 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.
- The book evokes a detailed and lively picture of what life was like in the 19th century.