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- Dictionaryevocation/ˌiːvə(ʊ)ˈkeɪʃn/
noun
- 1. the act of bringing or recalling a feeling, memory, or image to the conscious mind: "the vivid evocation of stillness in the title poem"
- 2. the action of invoking a spirit or deity: "the evocation of wandering spirits"
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The meaning of EVOCATION is the act or fact of evoking : summoning. How to use evocation in a sentence.
EVOCATION definition: 1. the fact of making someone remember or imagine something: 2. the fact of making someone…. Learn more.
Evocation definition: an act or instance of evoking; a calling forth. See examples of EVOCATION used in a sentence.
EVOCATION meaning: 1. the fact of making someone remember or imagine something: 2. the fact of making someone…. Learn more.
Definition of evocation noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
evocation. Other forms: evocations. Does the taste of a particular candy bar suddenly whisk you back to an earlier time in your life? That's an evocation, the summoning, usually unconscious, of a memory or emotional state caused by a particular stimulus.
an action of a court in summoning a case from another, usually lower, court for purposes of complete review and decision, as on an appeal in which the issue is incidental or procedural and the court of first instance has not yet rendered a decision on its merits; the removal of a case from one court to another.
