evoke

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

evoke [evoke evokes evoked evoking] BrE [ɪˈvəʊk] NAmE [ɪˈvoʊk] verb ~ sth (formal)
to bring a feeling, a memory or an image into your mind
•The music evoked memories of her youth.
•His case is unlikely to evoke public sympathy.
Derived Word: ↑evocation
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
early 17th cent. (in the sense invoke a spirit or deity): from Latin evocare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of, from’ + vocare ‘to call’.

Example Bank:
•Her face, though sad, still evoked a feeling of serenity.
•Music can be used to evoke childhood.
•The novel vividly evokes the life of the Irish in Australia.
•narrative techniques that are intended to evoke sympathy from the reader
•products that help evoke an old-fashioned mood
•the actor's ability to evoke a variety of emotions

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  suggest, paint a picture, educe, elicit, extract, draw out, provoke, call forth, kick up, arouse, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise