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evoke

 
Verb evoke has 5 senses
  1. arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
    --1 is one way to make, create
    Derived form: noun evocation3
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up - call forth; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple"
    --2 is one way to cause, do, make
    Derived form: noun evocation3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  3. educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw out - deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
    --3 is one way to interpret, construe, see
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  4. raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth - 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"
    --4 is one way to make, create
    Derived form: noun evocation2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  5. suggest, evoke, paint a picture - call to mind or evoke
    --5 is one way to express, show, evince
    Derived form: noun evocation1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
evo evocable evocation evocations evocative evocative words evoe evoke, evoke evoked evoked potential evokedly evokely evokes evoking evokly evolgence

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