Evoke:the meaning

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Pronunciation: /ɪˈvəʊk/

Definition of evoke in English:

verb

[WITH OBJECT]

1Bring or recall (a feeling, memory, or image) to the conscious mind:the sight evoked pleasant memories of his childhood

1.1Elicit (a response):the Green Paper evoked critical reactions from various bodies

2Invoke (a spirit or deity):Akasha is evoked in India when a house is being built to ensure its completion

Origin

Early 17th century (in sense 2): from Latin evocare, frome- (variant of ex-) ‘out of, from’ + vocare ‘to call’.

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Words that rhyme with evoke

awoke, bespoke, bloke, broke, choke, cloak, Coke, convoke, croak, folk, invoke, joke, Koch, moke, oak, okey-doke, poke, provoke, revoke, roque, smoke, soak, soke, spoke, stoke, stony-broke (US stone-broke), stroke, toke, toque, woke, yoke, yolk

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