evocatev.
/ˈɛvəkeɪt/ΘΚΠ
society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > summon
lathec900
hightOE
clepec1000
ofclepeOE
ofsendOE
warna1250
callc1300
summonc1300
incalla1340
upcallc1340
summonda1400
becallc1400
ofgredec1400
require1418
assummonc1450
accitec1475
provoke1477
convey1483
mand1483
whistle1486
vocatec1494
wishc1515
to call up1530
citea1533
convent1540
convocate1542
prorogate1543
accersit1548
whistle for1560
advocatea1575
citate1581
evocate1639
demand1650
to warn in1654
summons1694
invoke1697
to send for1744
to turn up1752
requisition1800
whip1857
1639 E. Reynolds Medit. Last Supper (ed. 2) xviii The seed to be scattered..the Sun to evocate and excite the seminal virtue.
1665 G. Harvey Disc. Plague 6 The said Arsenical bodies..require..a very dry and warm..air, to melt and open the surface of the Earth..to attract and evocate them thence. [Misquoted by Johnson s.v. Evacate.]
2. To call up (spirits) from the dead, (events) from past times.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [verb (transitive)] > invoke (a spirit)
conjurec1290
reara1382
to call upc1390
raisec1395
devocatec1570
adjure1585
invoke1602
evoke1623
incantate1623
conjure1637
excitea1639
evocate1675
incant1926
the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > quality of affecting the emotions > affect with emotion [verb (transitive)] > cause or give rise to an emotion
rearOE
arear?c1225
annoyc1300
movea1325
excite1393
raisea1400
lighta1413
stirc1430
provokec1450
provocate?a1475
rendera1522
to stir upc1530
excitate?1549
inspire1576
yield1576
to turn up1579
rouse1589
urge1594
incense1598
upraisea1600
upreara1600
irritate1612
awakena1616
recreate1643
pique1697
arouse1730
unlull1743
energize1753
evocate1827
evoke1856
vibe1977
1675 J. Smith Christian Relig. Appeal ii. 10 Thyestes his Ghost groans..when ere that is evocated to attend the pleasure of the black Artist.
1732 T. Stackhouse New Hist. Bible v. iii. iii [Saul] thinking there was any efficacy in magical operations to evocate the dead.
1817 Ld. Byron Let. 15 Feb. (1976) V. 170 He..goes..to evocate a ghost.
1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Metamorphosis 277 The ancient Egyptians evocated the souls of demons, or angels, and inserted them in sacred images.
1827 H. Taylor Isaac Comnenus i. iv Where memory evocates imperial deeds Such as betray'd Britannicus of old.
1851 G. S. Faber Many Mansions (1862) 392 (note) Here Ulysses evocates the souls of the dead.
3. To call out (from a house, etc.).Apparently an isolated use.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [verb (transitive)] > call
ascrya1375
cryc1420
hail1563
to call out1565
oncrya1600
sing1813
evocate1834
shout1914
yoohoo1948
loud-hail1964
1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal II. 228 Driving to the palace, [I] evocated the archbishop's confessor.
Derivatives
ˈevocated adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [adjective] > of or belonging to necromancy > called up from the dead
evocated1816
evoked1849
1816 G. S. Faber Origin Pagan Idolatry III. 350 The evocated spirits come up.
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