27 March 2014

evoke

[ih-vohk]

verb (used with object), e·voked, e·vok·ing.

1. to call up or produce (memories, feelings, etc.): to evoke a memory.
2. to elicit or draw forth: His comment evoked protests from the shocked listeners.
3. to call up; cause to appear; summon: to evoke a spirit from the dead.
4. to produce or suggest through artistry and imagination a vivid impression of reality: a short passage that manages to evoke the smells, colors, sounds, and shapes of that metropolis.

Origin:
1615–25; < Latin ēvocāre, equivalent to ē- e-1 + vocāre to call (akin to vōx voice)

Related forms
e·vok·er, noun
un·e·voked, adjective
evocative, adjective – tending to evoke

Today’s aphorism

I love it when someone insults me. That means that I don’t have to be nice anymore.

– Billy Idol

On this day

27 March 1963 – birth of Quentin Tarantino, Hollywood producer, director and writer. He has developed a cult-following with movies such as Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill, Natural Born Killers, Killing Zoe, True Romance, Four Rooms, From Dusk Till Dawn, Jackie Brown, Sin City, Hostel, Grindhouse, Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained.

27 March 2001 – California electricity prices rise by up to 46% following the partial deregulation of the electricity system.