What is the meaning of evoke?

verb

• Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses. )
  • usage: "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
  • synonyms: arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise, provoke
• Evoke or provoke to appear or occur.
  • usage: "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple"
  • synonyms: provoke, call forth, kick up
• Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning. )
  • usage: "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
  • synonyms: educe, elicit, extract, draw out
• Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic.
  • usage: "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
  • synonyms: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth
• Call to mind.
  • usage: "this remark evoked sadness"
  • synonyms: suggest, paint a picture