Definitions for evocation

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evocation ev·o·ca·tion

Spelling: [ev-uh-key-shuh n, ee-voh-key-]

IPA: /ˌɛv əˈkeɪ ʃən, ˌi voʊˈkeɪ-/

Evocation is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 395 anagrams from letters in evocation (aceinootv).

Definitions for evocation

noun

1. an act or instance of evoking; a calling forth:
2. Law. (formerly) 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.

Origin of evocation

1400-50; late Middle English evocacioun Latin ēvocātiōn- (stem of ēvocātiō) calling forth, out, equivalent to ēvocāt(us) (past participle of ēvocāre to evoke) + -iōn

Examples for evocation

The best thing about it is its evocation of civilian life in the 1940s, both in the U.S. and Australia.

Belief in the evocation of the spirits of the dead is as old as Humanity.

In a moment his rival's evocation became to him impossible to bear.

For all the evocation of history, it is important to note that the groups sponsoring these rallies are newly created.

The history of the evocation of Samuel by the witch of Endor is well known.

And an embellished event can be closer to the truth than factual precision, if its evocation is infused with intuitive wisdom.

For the artist it is creation by expression; for the appreciator it is creation by evocation.

There was a little silence at this evocation of the melancholy of gone days.

Top U.S. officials contribute with their daily evocation of saintly principles that the United States itself has often defied.

But the image does not lead to evocation of related or parallel ideas.