verb
Meaning 1
To summon, to call to speak.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- They were called forth as witnesses.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
call forth
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verb
Meaning 2
To induce, inspire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- raise the specter of unemployment
- he conjured wild birds in the air
- call down the spirits from the mountain
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: make, create
Narrower terms: curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict, bless
verb
Meaning 4
evoke or provoke to appear or occur
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: provoke, evoke, kick up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cause, do, make
Narrower terms: pick
History
Etymology
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