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evoke
A	verb
	1	suggest, evoke, paint a picture
				call to mind or evoke
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚communicate; intercommunicate ╚convey; impart ╚express; show; evince ╚suggest, evoke, paint a picture ╚incriminate; imply; inculpate ╚smack; reek
	2	raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth
				evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "stir a disturbance"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
		Category Tree: make; create ╚raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth ╚bless ╚curse; beshrew; damn; bedamn; anathemize; anathemise; imprecate; maledict
	3	educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw out
				deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
		Category Tree: understand ╚interpret; construe; see ╚educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw out
	4	provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up
				call forth; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple"
		Category Tree: make; create ╚cause; do; make ╚provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up ╚pick
	5	arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
				call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
		Category Tree: make; create ╚arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke ╚excite ╚stimulate; shake; shake up; excite; stir ╚inflame; stir up; wake; ignite; heat; fire up ╚prick ╚infatuate ╚rekindle ╚draw ╚invite; ask for ╚strike a chord; touch a chord

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