evoke

evoke
\ \ see VOCATION

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  • Evoke — 2002: Einige Besucher schauen Demos in 3D Die Evoke ist mit etwa 400 Besuchern eine der größten Demoparties in Deutschland. Sie findet seit 1997 regelmäßig in und um Köln statt und ist damit Deutschlands älteste noch existierende Demoparty.… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Evoke — may refer to:* Evoke (demo party), the second largest demoparty held annually in Germany * Evoke Records, a record label * Evoked potential, a term in neurophysiology * Evoke (album), an album by the German industrial music project :wumpscut …   Wikipedia

  • Evoke — E*voke , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Evoked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Evoking}.] [L. evocare; e out + vocare to call, fr. vox, vocis, voice: cf. F [ e]voquer. See {Voice}, and cf. {Evocate}.] 1. To call out; to summon forth. [1913 Webster] To evoke the queen… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • evoke — evoke; re·evoke; …   English syllables

  • evoke — I verb accomplish, achieve, arouse, be the cause of, bring about, bring forth, bring out, bring to pass, call forth, call up, cause, cause to happen, draw forth, draw out, educe, effect, effectuate, elicere, elicit, evocare, excite, excitare,… …   Law dictionary

  • evoke — 1620s, from Fr. évoquer or directly from L. evocare call out, rouse, summon (see EVOCATION (Cf. evocation)). Often more or less with a sense of calling spirits, or being called by them. Related: Evoked; evokes; evoking …   Etymology dictionary

  • evoke — elicit, *educe, extract, extort Analogous words: *provoke, excite, stimulate: arouse, rouse, rally, awaken, waken, *stir …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • evoke — [v] induce, stimulate arouse, awaken, call, call forth, conjure, educe, elicit, evince, evolve, excite, extort, extract, give rise to, invoke, milk*, provoke, raise, rally, recall, rouse, stir up, summon, waken; concepts 228,242 Ant. halt, quell …   New thesaurus

  • evoke — ► VERB 1) bring or recall to the conscious mind. 2) obtain (a response). 3) invoke (a spirit or deity). DERIVATIVES evocation noun. ORIGIN Latin evocare, from vocare to call …   English terms dictionary

  • evoke — [ē vōk′, ivōk′] vt. evoked, evoking [Fr évoquer < L evocare < e , out, from + vocare, to call < vox,VOICE] 1. to call forth or summon (a spirit, demon, etc.), as by chanting magical words; conjure up 2. to draw forth or elicit (a… …   English World dictionary

  • evoke — verb ADVERB ▪ beautifully, clearly, effectively, nicely, powerfully, successfully, vividly ▪ The novel vividly evokes the life of the Irish in Australia. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

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