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evoking

evoking is the present participle and gerund of evoke.

Meaning of evoke

Verb

evoke (third-person singular simple present evokes, present participle evoking, simple past and past participle evoked)

  1. (transitive) To call out; to draw out or bring forth.
  2. (transitive) To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.
    • Being here evokes long forgotten memories.
  3. (transitive) To elicit a response.
    • The outstanding train on the L.M.S. route was the 6.20 p.m. from Birmingham, which reached Euston in two hours after intermediate stops at Coventry, Rugby and Watford Junction, and evoked some sparkling performances from "Patriot" and "Jubilee" 4-6-0s.1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 98

Questions about evoking

What is evoking the present participle and gerund of?
Evoking is the present participle and gerund of evoke.

Words near evoking in the dictionary

  1. evoked sets
  2. evoker
  3. evokers
  4. evokes
  5. evokest
  6. evoking
  7. Evola
  8. Evolas
  9. evolation
  10. evolations
  11. Evolian

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