evocation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun imaginative re-creation
  2. noun calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations
    summoning.
  3. noun stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors
    elicitation; induction.
    • the elicitation of his testimony was not easy

WordNet

Ev`o*ca"tion noun
Etymology
L. evocatio: cf. F. évocation.
Definitions
  1. The act of calling out or forth. Sir. T. Browne.
    The evocation of that better spirit. M. Arnold.

Webster 1913