evocar — meaning in English

English meaning

• elicit verb To draw out a response, reaction, or piece of information from someone, often through careful questioning.
• evoke verb To bring a feeling, memory, or image to someone's mind.

Senses

evocar is used for these senses in English:

• elicit To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.
• evoke (transitive) To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.
• hark back (figuratively) To allude, return, or revert (to a subject previously mentioned, etc.); also, to evoke, or long or pine for (a past era or event). [from 19th c.]

evoke — full definition

1. verb To bring a feeling, memory, or image to someone's mind.
2. verb To provoke or draw out a particular reaction or response.

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