What is the meaning of evocation?

noun

  • Imaginative re-creation.
  • Calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations.
  • Stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors.
    • usage: "the elicitation of his testimony was not easy"
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