Definition of Evoke

Verb: evoke i'vowk

Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
"evoke sympathy";
- arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise, provoke
Make appear or occur
"Her behaviour evoked a quarrel between the couple";
- provoke, call forth, kick up
Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
"We evoked some interesting linguistic data from the native informant";
- educe, elicit, extract, draw out
Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
"evoke the spectre of unemployment";
- raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth
Call to mind
"this remark evoked sadness";
- suggest, paint a picture