reëvoke

See also: reevoke

English

Alternative forms

• re-evoke, reevoke

Etymology

re- +‎ evoke

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹiːɪˈvəʊk/, [ɹiːʔiˈvəʊk]

Verb

reëvoke (third-person singular simple present reëvokes, present participle reëvoking, simple past and past participle reëvoked)

1. To evoke again.
   • 1943 January, Robert Gale Woolbert, “A Wreath for Europa, by Paul Tabori” (capsule review) in Foreign Affairs:

     A young Hungarian writer, widely travelled on the Continent, seeks to reëvoke the essential spirit of that inter-war Europe, now blown to bits.

   • 1948 April, Robert Gale Woolbert, “Letter from Grosvenor Square, by John Gilbert Winant” (capsule review) in Foreign Affairs:

     In this account of his “stewardship,” our wartime Ambassador to Britain reëvokes the dark, heroic days of 1941.