The act of evoking, calling forth, or bringing something to mind; something that is evoked, especially a feeling or memory.
From Latin 'evocatio' (a calling out, summoning), derived from 'evocare.' The '-tion' suffix converts the verb action into an abstract noun. In Roman times, it referred specifically to recalling court cases, but by medieval times it meant any kind of summoning or calling-forth.
An evocation is different from a description—a description *tells you about* something, but an evocation actually makes you *feel* or *remember* it. That's why poets love this word: a good poem is an evocation of emotion, not just a report about it.
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