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evoke
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Politics and the English Language
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A newly-invented metaphor assists thought by evoking a visual image, while on the other hand a metaphor which is technically "dead" (e.g., IRON RESOLUTION) has in effect reverted to being an ordinary word and can generally be used without loss of vividness.†

evoking = calling forth or causing
But in between these two classes there is a huge dump of worn-out metaphors which have lost all evocative power and are merely used because they save people the trouble of inventing phrases for themselves.†
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evocative = bringing strong feelings or memories to mind
[Note: Example: "Comfort's catholicity of perception and image, strangely Whitmanesque in range, almost the exact opposite in aesthetic compulsion, continues to evoke that trembling atmospheric accumulative hinting at a cruel, an inexorably serene timelessness...Wrey Gardiner scores by aiming at simple bulls-eyes with precision†

evoke = call forth or cause

Definitions:

(1) (evoke)
to call forth or cause -- typically to arouse an emotion or bring a memory to mind
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)