Which object? The function definitions say that the reference is to the object used to evoke the operator.
verb /ɪ'vok/
to produce a strong feeling or memory in someone
to bring (a memory, feeling, image, etc.) into the mind
to cause (a particular reaction or response) to happen
to bring a feeling, a memory or an image into your mind
to make someone remember something or feel an emotion
To evoke a particular memory, idea, emotion, or response means to cause it to occur.
The photographs evoked strong memories of our holidays in France.
His appearanceis bound toevoke sympathy.[be bound to to = be very likely to do or feel a particular thing]
Her speech evoked a hostile response.
The old house evoked memories of his childhood.
His photographs evoke the isolation and solitude of the desert.
His wisecrack/'waɪzkræk/ evoked [=elicited /ɪˈlɪsɪt/] snickers from around the classroom.
Her remarks have evoked [=provoked] an angry response.
The music evoked memories of her youth.
His case is unlikely to evoke public sympathy.
That smell always evokes memories of my old school.
a detergent/dɪ'tɝdʒənt/ designed to evoke the fresh smell of summer meadows
to bring a particular emotion, idea, or memory into your mind
The recent flood evoked memories of the great flood of 1972.
the scene evoking memories of those old movies...
A sense of period was evoked by complementing pictures with appropriate furniture.
evocation noun /ˌɛvo'keʃən/
to produce a strong feeling or memory in someone
the act of bringing something into the mind or memory
the act of evoking something
something such as words, pictures, or music that creates a clear image of something
An evocation of something involves creating an image or impression of it.
The poem is an evocation of lost love.
rich evocations of the sights, sounds, and smells of the carnival
the evocation of a simpler time
a brilliant evocation of childhood in the 1940s
Her novel is a brilliant evocation of life in eighteenth-century England.
a perfect evocation of the period.
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