evoke

Definition

  • verb: to bring (a memory, feeling, image, etc.) into the mind
  • verb: to call forth or up
  • synonyms: evocate, calm

Examples

  • His wisecrack 'evoked' [='elicited'] snickers from around the classroom.

  • His photographs 'evoke' the isolation and solitude of the desert.

  • Her remarks have 'evoked' [='provoked'] an angry response.

Movie quotes

  • (..) fantastic ideas into reality meant ... ... some adaptations because we deal with gravity ... ... and not just a piece of paper. Essentially, we're trying to evoke the world he developed, which is cool. Well, Owen's sets ... ... also being derivative of Geof Darrow's demented imagination ... (..)
    2001 The Matrix Revisited