Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Evoke \E*voke"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Evoked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Evoking}.] [L. evocare; e out + vocare to call, fr. vox,
   vocis, voice: cf. F ['e]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 : WordNet®

evoke
     v 1: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse
          pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" [syn: {arouse},
           {elicit}, {enkindle}, {kindle}, {fire}, {raise}, {provoke}]
     2: call forth; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the
        couple" [syn: {provoke}, {call forth}, {kick up}]
     3: deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out
        some interesting linguistic data from the native
        informant" [syn: {educe}, {elicit}, {extract}, {draw out}]
     4: evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic; "raise the
        specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the
        air"; "stir a disturbance"; "call down the spirits from
        the mountain" [syn: {raise}, {conjure}, {conjure up}, {invoke},
         {stir}, {call down}, {arouse}, {bring up}, {put forward},
         {call forth}]
     5: call to mind or evoke [syn: {suggest}, {paint a picture}]