evoke

UK: /ɪˈvəʊk/ US: /ɪˈvoʊk/ ,(i vōk′)

Inflections of 'evoke' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

evokes

v 3rd person singular

evoking

v pres p

evoked

v past

evoked

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

e•voke /ɪˈvoʊk/   v. [~ + object] , e•voked, e•vok•ing. 

1. to call up (memories, feelings, etc.):
   The book evoked memories of her childhood.

See -voc-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

e•voke  (i vōk′), v.t., e•voked, e•vok•ing. 

1. to call up or produce (memories, feelings, etc.):
   to evoke a memory.
2. to elicit or draw forth:
   His comment evoked protests from the shocked listeners.
3. to call up;
   cause to appear;
   summon:
   to evoke a spirit from the dead.
4. to produce or suggest through artistry and imagination a vivid impression of reality:
   a short passage that manages to evoke the smells, colors, sounds, and shapes of that metropolis.

• Latin ēvocāre, equivalent. to ē- e- + vocāre to call (akin to vōx voice)
• 1615–25

e•vok′er, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

evoke / ɪˈvəʊk/ verb (transitive)

1. to call or summon up (a memory, feeling, etc), esp from the past
2. to call forth or provoke; produce; elicit: his words evoked an angry reply
3. to cause (spirits) to appear; conjure up

Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin ēvocāre to call forth, from vocāre to call

eˈvoker noun

USAGE
evince, invoke