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- Dictionaryevoke/ɪˈvəʊk/
verb
- 1. bring or recall (a feeling, memory, or image) to the conscious mind: "the sight evoked pleasant memories of his childhood"
- 2. invoke (a spirit or deity): "Akasha is evoked in India when a house is being built to ensure its completion"
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The meaning of EVOKE is to call forth or up. How to use evoke in a sentence. evoke or invoke? Synonym Discussion of Evoke.
EVOKE definition: 1. to make someone remember something or feel an emotion: 2. to make someone remember something or…. Learn more.
EVOKE meaning: 1. to make someone remember something or feel an emotion: 2. to make someone remember something or…. Learn more.
verb (used with object) , e·voked, e·vok·ing. to call up or produce (memories, feelings, etc.): to evoke a memory. to elicit or draw forth: His comment evoked protests from the shocked listeners. to call up; cause to appear; summon: to evoke a spirit from the dead.
The verb evoke most commonly means to bring a feeling, memory, or picture into the mind. When you visit your old elementary school, the smells, sounds, and colors there can evoke memories from the past.
To evoke a particular memory, idea, emotion, or response means to cause it to occur.
evoke something to bring a feeling, a memory or an image into your mind. The music evoked memories of her youth. His case is unlikely to evoke public sympathy.
