evokev.
/iːˈvəʊk/ 1. transitive. To call forth; esp. to summon up (spirits, etc.) by the use of magic charms.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [verb (transitive)] > invoke (a spirit)
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1623–6 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Euoke, to call forth.
1778 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry II. xv. 362 The only..use of this character, is..to evoke the devil, and summon the court.
1781 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry III. xliii. 496 To evoke the queen of the Fairies in the solitude of a gloomy grove.
1812 W. S. Landor Count Julian in Wks. (1846) II. 503 If only warlike spirits were evoked By the war-demon.
1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (ed. 6) II. ii. 15 It is a monster thus evoked that we see stalking abroad.
2. transferred and figurative.
a. In various associations, with more or less obvious allusion to magical operations.
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1749 Bp. W. Warburton Lett. (1809) 13 I had no sooner evoked the name of Shakespear from the..former editions than a crew of strange devils..come chattering..round about me.
1757 R. Hurd Let. on Marks of Imitation 52 Johnson evokes fancy out of her cave of cloud..and bids her..create this stream of forms.
1844 R. W. Emerson Young Amer. in Lect. in Wks. (1906) II. 293 Railroad iron is a magician's rod..to evoke the sleeping energies of land and water.
1868 A. P. Stanley Hist. Mem. Westm. Abbey i. 21 On his way he evoked with his staff the two springs of the Island.
b. To call (a feeling, faculty, manifestation, etc.) into being or activity. Also, To call up (a memory) from the past.
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > call to mind, recollect [verb (transitive)]
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bethinkOE
mingOE
thinkOE
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to draw (also take) into (or to) memorya1275
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to call to remembrance1583
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to call up1606
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access1978
the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > quality of affecting the emotions > affect with emotion [verb (transitive)] > cause or give rise to an emotion
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to stir upc1530
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evoke1856
vibe1977
1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits x. 160 The ambition to create value evokes every kind of ability.
1870 F. M. Müller Chips from German Workshop III. vii. 183 He rather likes now and then to evoke a smile.
1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 82 Be this, sad yet sweet, the sole Memory evoked from slumber!
1879 W. B. Carpenter Princ. Mental Physiol. (ed. 5) i. i. §16. 18 Unable to evoke a respondent movement from the exhausted Muscles.
3. To summon (a cause) from an inferior to a superior tribunal (cf. avoke v.).
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [verb (transitive)] > remove to another court or judge > remove to higher court
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evoke1752
1752 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. III. 474 (margin) The conference at York evoked to London.
1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. II. 10 She protested against the competency of the court, as the cause had been evoked to Rome by the Pope.
1851 R. Hussey Rise Papal Power i. 5 Authority to evoke causes to Rome.
Derivatives
eˈvoked adj.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [adjective] > of or belonging to necromancy > called up from the dead
evocated1816
evoked1849
1849 S. R. Maitland Illustr. Mesmerism i. 49 Where do we read about magic circles, and evoked fiends, black cats, etc.?
eˈvoker n. one who or that which evokes.
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the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > that which incites or instigates
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pritchOE
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1845 J. B. Mozley Ess. (1878) I. 121 An evoker of all his cleverness and ready wit.
1853 T. De Quincey Autobiogr. Sketches in Select. Grave & Gay I. 28 The playfulness of the scene is the very evoker of the solemn remembrances that lie hidden below.
eˈvoking n. the action of evoke v.
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1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years II. 189 The evoking of this famous and terrible name provoked scandal.
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