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[ verb ] call forth; of emotions, feelings, and responses
Examples "arouse pity" "raise a smile" "evoke sympathy" Used in print (William C. Smith, "Why Fear Ideas?"...)Helen_Deutsch informed us ( The_Psychology_of_Women , Vol. 2 , , 434 ) that in all cultures `` the term ' stepmother ' automatically evokes deprecatory implications '' , a conclusion accepted by many . (Newton Stallknecht, "Ideas and Literature," in Newton S...)This reading and the comments that it evoked constitute the influence . (Harold Searles, "Schizophrenic Communication,"...)I could evoke no further elaboration from her about this ; but a_few seconds later she was standing directly across the room from me , looking me in the eyes and saying in a scathingly condemnatory tone , `` Your father despises you '' ! |
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[ verb ] call forth
Synonyms Examples "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple" Used in print (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)The horrifying humor , the specifically sexual embarrassment of the joke gone_wrong , the monstrous image of the fat man dressed_up as a whore dressing_up as a baby ; the epiphany of that quivering flesh ; the bringing_together around it of the secret liaison between indolent , mindless sensuality and sharp , shrewd talent , cleverness with an occasional touch of genius ( which , however , does not know `` how to attack the problem of suffering '' ) ; the miraculous way in which music , revelation and death are associated in a single instant - all this seems a triumph of art , a rather desperate art , in itself ; beyond itself , also , it evokes numerous and distant resonances from the entire body of Mann 's work . (E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)Even when the intensity of the shocks was increased gradually , it failed to evoke any signs of pain . |
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[ verb ] evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic
Examples : "raise the specter of unemployment" "he conjured wild birds in the air" "stir a disturbance" "call down the spirits from the mountain" |
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[ verb ] call to mind or evoke
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