English verb: evoke | |||
1. | evoke (emotion) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) | ||
Samples | Arouse pity. Raise a smile. Evoke sympathy. | ||
Synonyms | arouse, elicit, enkindle, fire, kindle, provoke, raise | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | create, make | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | anger, ask for, bruise, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, draw, excite, excite, fire up, heat, hurt, ignite, infatuate, inflame, injure, interest, invite, offend, overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, prick, rekindle, shake, shake up, shame, spite, stimulate, stir, stir up, strike a chord, sweep over, touch a chord, untune, upset, wake, whelm, wound | ||
2. | evoke (creation) evoke or provoke to appear or occur | ||
Samples | Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple. | ||
Synonyms | call forth, kick up, provoke | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cause, do, make | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | pick | ||
Verb group | arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir | ||
3. | evoke (creation) deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning) | ||
Samples | We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant. | ||
Synonyms | draw out, educe, elicit, extract | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | construe, interpret, see | ||
4. | evoke (creation) summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic | ||
Samples | Raise the specter of unemployment. He conjured wild birds in the air. Call down the spirits from the mountain. | ||
Synonyms | arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, invoke, put forward, raise, stir | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | create, make | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, bless, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict | ||
Verb group | call forth, evoke, kick up, provoke | ||
5. | evoke (communication) call to mind | ||
Samples | This remark evoked sadness. | ||
Synonyms | paint a picture, suggest | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | evince, express, show | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | imply, incriminate, inculpate, reek, smack, smell | ||