Meaning of EVOCATION
| Pronunciation: | | `evu'keyshun
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | elicitation, induction, summoning |
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| | See Also: | | conjuration, conjuring, conjury, dispossession, exorcism, imagery, imagination, imaging, input, invocation, mental imagery, stimulant, stimulation, stimulus | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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