EVOCATION

evocation

(noun) imaginative re-creation

evocation, induction, elicitation

(noun) stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors; “the elicitation of his testimony was not easy”

evocation, summoning

(noun) calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

evocation (countable and uncountable, plural evocations)

The act of calling out or forth, or evoking.

Source: Wiktionary


Ev`o*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. evocatio: cf. F. évocation.]

Definition: The act of calling out or forth. Sir. T. Browne. The evocation of that better spirit. M. Arnold.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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(adjective) furnished with inhabitants; “the area is well populated”; “forests populated with all kinds of wild life”


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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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