Both Uses of
evoke
in
The Scarlet Letter
- Brooding over all these matters, the mother felt like one who has evoked a spirit, but, by some irregularity in the process of conjuration, has failed to win the master-word that should control this new and incomprehensible intelligence.†
p. 64.6evoked = called forth or caused
- He looked like a ghost evoked unseasonably from the grave.†
p. 100.5 *
Definition:
to call forth or cause -- typically to arouse an emotion or bring a memory to mind