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evoke

Verbs

• (v) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
  • arouse pity
  • raise a smile
  • evoke sympathy
  arouse, elicit, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise,
• (v) evoke or provoke to appear or occur
  • Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple
  call forth, kick up, provoke,
• (v) deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
  • We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant
  educe, elicit, extract, draw out,
• (v) summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
  • raise the specter of unemployment
  • he conjured wild birds in the air
  • call down the spirits from the mountain
  bring up, call down, conjure, conjure up, invoke, call forth, arouse, put forward, stir, raise,
• (v) call to mind
  • this remark evoked sadness
  paint a picture, suggest,

Synonyms

arouse elicit provoke enkindle kindle fire raise call forth kick up educe extract draw out bring up call down conjure conjure up invoke put forward stir paint a picture suggest

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