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Evocation

Evocation Meaning & Definition
Evocation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Evocation?

[n] imaginative re-creation
[n] stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors; "the elicitation of his testimony was not easy"
[n] calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations

Synonyms | Synonyms for Evocation: elicitation | induction | summoning

Related Terms | Find terms related to Evocation: arousal | beck | beck and call | bidding | bringing out | call | calling | calling forth | cameo | catalog | cataloging | character | character sketch | characterization | conjuration | conjurement | convocation | delineation | depiction | description | details | drawing out | eduction | exorcisation | exorcism | exsufflation | graphic account | image | imagery | impression | incantation | indent | invocation | itemization | limning | nod | particularization | photograph | picture | portrait | portraiture | portrayal | preconization | profile | rendering | rendition | representation | requisition | sketch | specification | summons | vignette | vivid description | word painting

See Also | conjuration | conjuring | conjury | dispossession | exorcism | imagery | imagination | imaging | input | invocation | mental imagery | stimulant | stimulation | stimulus

Evocation In Webster's Dictionary

\Ev`o*ca"tion\, n. [L. evocatio: cf. F. ['e]vocation.] The act of calling out or forth. --Sir. T. Browne. The evocation of that better spirit. --M. Arnold.

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