evoke
verb
\ i-ˈvōk
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evoked;
evoking
Definition of evoke
1
: to call forth or up: such as
a
: to bring to mind or recollection
this place evokes memories
b
: to cite especially with approval or for support : invoke
c
: conjure sense 2a
evoke evil spirits
2
: to re-create imaginatively
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Examples of evoke in a Sentence
The old house evoked memories of his childhood.
His photographs evoke the isolation and solitude of the desert.
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Which is the only visual preposterous enough to evoke the absurdity of it all. — Monica Hesse, Washington Post, "Ivanka Trump is acting like everything is normal," 5 Sep. 2019 Reading The Other’s Gold tends to evoke a flood of feeling, from educational nostalgia to the reminder of how fleeting that period of time in which you are truly entrenched in the details of your friends’ lives really is. — Seija Rankin, EW.com, "How Elizabeth Ames wrote The Other's Gold, your new favorite campus novel," 27 Aug. 2019 His most accessible canvases employ geometric shapes to evoke notions of the infinite. — Duff Mcdonald, WIRED, "The Cosmic, Psychedelic, Glow-in-the-Dark Art of Alex Aliume," 20 Aug. 2019 Like the Double Barrel, this variant spent two years in bourbon barrels to evoke an oakier quality. — Chris Morris, Fortune, "Goose Island Will Release 8 Bourbon County Variants This Year—and a Collection," 14 Aug. 2019 But the characters clung to the past: The show’s neutral, faded colors were chosen, according to costume designer Rita Riggs, to evoke the sepia tones of an old family photograph album. — Joanna Scutts, Curbed, "The shows we’ve lived by," 14 Aug. 2019 Photographs have the power to evoke wonder and whimsy in those who view them. — Kristen Mcnicholas, National Geographic, "Your best photos of the week, August 2, 2019," 2 Aug. 2019 At first glance, what sets this apart is the choice to shoot entirely on 35mm black-and-white film—better to evoke a bygone age. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "First trailer for The Lighthouse evokes early films from a bygone age," 30 July 2019 Westbury Square was originally built to evoke a European-style shopping village in the 1950s, according to previous reports in the Houston Chronicle. — Julian Gill, Houston Chronicle, "'A ruin in plain sight': Video captures abandoned, European-style shopping center in Houston," 5 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'evoke.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for evoke
evoke
verb
English Language Learners Definition of evoke
: to bring (a memory, feeling, image, etc.) into the mind
: to cause (a particular reaction or response) to happen
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evoke
verb
\ i-ˈvōk
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evoked;
evoking
Kids Definition of evoke
: to bring to mind
The photos evoked memories of our trip.
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