#447 evoke

evoke- to call or summon up (a memory, feeling, etc.) especially from the past; to call forth or provoke; produce; elicit

C17 from Latin evocare to call forth, from vocare to call

evocative- tending or serving to evoke

His words evoked an angry reply.

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