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Definition: EVOKING

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. To conjure or invoke. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. To suggest or recommend. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To recall, remember, remind or revoke.[Eve - graph theoretic]
4. Present participle conjugation of the verb evoke.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(evoke)
1. Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "evoke sympathy".[Wordnet].
2. Evoke or provoke to appear or occur.[Wordnet].
3. Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning).[Wordnet].
4. Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic.[Wordnet].
5. Call to mind; "this remark evoked sadness".[Wordnet].
6. Evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "stir a disturbance"; "call down the spirits from the mountain".[Wordnet].
7. Call to mind or evoke.[Wordnet].
8. Call forth; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple".[Wordnet].
9. To call out; to summon forth.[Websters].
10. To call away; to remove from one tribunal to another.[Websters].
11. Base verb from the following inflections: evoking, evoked, evokes, evoker, evokers, evokingly and evokedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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"Evoking" is a common misspelling or typo for: revoking.

Date "Evoking" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1801. (references)

Definition: EVOKING

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. To conjure or invoke. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. To suggest or recommend. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To recall, remember, remind or revoke.[Eve - graph theoretic]
4. Present participle conjugation of the verb evoke.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(evoke)
1. Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "evoke sympathy".[Wordnet].
2. Evoke or provoke to appear or occur.[Wordnet].
3. Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning).[Wordnet].
4. Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic.[Wordnet].
5. Call to mind; "this remark evoked sadness".[Wordnet].
6. Evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "stir a disturbance"; "call down the spirits from the mountain".[Wordnet].
7. Call to mind or evoke.[Wordnet].
8. Call forth; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple".[Wordnet].
9. To call out; to summon forth.[Websters].
10. To call away; to remove from one tribunal to another.[Websters].
11. Base verb from the following inflections: evoking, evoked, evokes, evoker, evokers, evokingly and evokedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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"EVOKING" is a common misspelling or typo for: revoking.

Date "EVOKING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1801. (references)

Specialty Definition: evoke

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster1: [Verb] To call forth. Neptune is a deity who evocates things into progression..
 2: [Verb] To call from one tribunal to another; to remove. The cause was evoked to Rome. [Evoke is the preferable word.]. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
HealthThe electric response recorded from the cerebral cortex after stimulation of a peripheral sense organ. (references)
Wiktionary[Verb] To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination. Being here evokes long forgotten memories. Seeing this happen equally evokes fear and anger in me. The book evokes a detailed and lively picture of what life was like in the 19th century. (references)

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Common Expressions: evoke

ExpressionsDefinition
Evoke demo partyEvoke is the second largest demoparty held annually in Germany (the largest being Breakpoint). (references)

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Topics by Level of Interest: evoke

Topics sorted by level of InterestLevel (1=low, 600=high)   Topics sorted AlphabeticallyLevel (1=low, 600=high)
Evoke12   Evoke12
Evoke (demo party)7   Evoke (demo party)7
Evoke Records3   Evoke Records3

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).