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   E·voke

   /əˈvōk/

   

   verb

   • 1. bring or recall to the conscious mind: "the sight of American asters evokes pleasant memories of childhood"
   • ▪ elicit (a response): "the awkward kid who evoked giggles from his sisters"
   • 2. invoke (a spirit or deity): "Akasha is evoked in India when a house is being built to ensure its completion"

   Word Origin early 17th century (in evoke (sense 2)): from Latin evocare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of, from’ + vocare ‘to call’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. evoker noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • E

     1

   • V

     4

   • O

     1

   • K

     5

   • E

     1

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