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evocative

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1. evocative - Adjective

2. evocative - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Calling forth; serving to evoke; developing.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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To handle a language skillfully is to practice a kind of evocative sorcery. Charles Baudelaire

Art is a refining and evocative translation of the materials of the world. Gwendolyn Brooks

There is in the word, in the logos, something sacred which forbids us to gamble with it. To handle a language skilfuly is to practice a kind of evocative sorcery. Charles Baudelaire

I am moved more by melodies, song structure, and evocative textures. Geddy Lee

Nothing speaks louder than an evocative photograph that stirs the imagination, tugs at the heart strings and engages the mind. Mark Carwardine

If you can even manage to tell exactly what a song is about, all you do is put that song in a box forever, and it loses its evocative power. Robert Hunter

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