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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
evocation
    n 1: imaginative re-creation
    2: calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and
       incantations [syn: evocation, summoning]
    3: stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of
       behaviors; "the elicitation of his testimony was not easy"
       [syn: evocation, induction, elicitation]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Evocation \Ev`o*ca"tion\, n. [L. evocatio: cf. F. ['e]vocation.]
   The act of calling out or forth. --Sir. T. Browne.
   [1913 Webster]

         The evocation of that better spirit.     --M. Arnold.
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3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
EVOCATION, French law. The act by which a judge is deprived of the 
cognizance of a suit over which he had jurisdiction, for the purpose of 
conferring on other judges the power of deciding it. This is done with us by 
writ of certiorari. 



Thesaurus Results for EVOCATION:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
arousal, beck, beck and call, bidding, bringing out, call, calling, calling forth, cameo, catalog, cataloging, character, character sketch, characterization, conjuration, conjurement, convocation, delineation, depiction, description, details, drawing out, eduction, exorcisation, exorcism, exsufflation, graphic account, image, imagery, impression, incantation, indent, invocation, itemization, limning, nod, particularization, photograph, picture, portrait, portraiture, portrayal, preconization, profile, rendering, rendition, representation, requisition, sketch, specification, summons, vignette, vivid description, word painting
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