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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Evocation \Ev'o*ca"tion\, noun [L. evocatio: cf. F. ['e]vocation.] The act of calling out or forth. --Sir. T. Browne.
The evocation of that better spirit. --M. Arnold.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
evocation
noun
1: imaginative re-creation
2: calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations [syn: {summoning}]
3: stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors; "the elicitation of his testimony was not easy" [syn: {induction}, {elicitation}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
54 Moby Thesaurus words for "evocation": arousal, beck, beck and call, bidding, bringing out, call, calling, calling forth, cameo, catalog, cataloging, character, character sketch, characterization, conjuration, conjurement, convocation, delineation, depiction, description, details, drawing out, eduction, exorcisation, exorcism, exsufflation, graphic account, image, imagery, impression, incantation, indent, invocation, itemization, limning, nod, particularization, photograph, picture, portrait, portraiture, portrayal, preconization, profile, rendering, rendition, representation, requisition, sketch, specification, summons, vignette, vivid description, word painting
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