evocation | (noun) imaginative re-creation | - |
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(noun) stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors | Synonyms: elicitation, induction |
(noun) calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations | Synonyms: summoning |
evocative | (adjective) serving to bring to mind | Synonyms: redolent, remindful, reminiscent, resonant |
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evoke | (verb) call to mind | Synonyms: paint a picture, suggest |
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(verb) evoke or provoke to appear or occur | Synonyms: call forth, kick up, provoke |
(verb) deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning) | Synonyms: draw out, educe, elicit, extract |
(verb) summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic | Synonyms: arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, invoke, put forward, raise, stir |
(verb) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) | Synonyms: arouse, elicit, enkindle, fire, kindle, provoke, raise |
evoked | (adjective) called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation | Synonyms: elicited |
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evolution | (noun) (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms | Synonyms: organic evolution, phylogenesis, phylogeny |
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(noun) a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage) | Synonyms: development |
evolutionarily | (adverb) in an evolutionary way; from an evolutionary point of view | - |
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evolutionary | (adjective) of or relating to or produced by evolution | - |
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evolutionism | (noun) (biology) a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animals | Synonyms: theory of evolution, theory of organic evolution |
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evolutionist | (noun) a person who believes in organic evolution | - |
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evolve | (verb) undergo development or evolution | - |
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(verb) gain through experience | Synonyms: acquire, develop |
(verb) work out | Synonyms: develop, germinate |