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EVOKES
Verb
evokes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of evoke
Source: Wiktionary
EVOKE
E*voke", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evoked; p. pr. & vb. n. Evoking.] Etym: [L. evocare; e out + vocare to call, fr. vox, vocis, voice: cf. F Ă©voquer. See Voice, and cf. Evocate.]
1. To call out; to summon forth. To evoke the queen of the fairies. T. Warton. A requlating discipline of exercise, that whilst evoking the human energies, will not suffer them to be wasted. De Quincey.
2. To call away; to remove from one tribunal to another. [R.] "The cause was evoked to Rome." Hume.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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