CALL FORTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does call forth mean? 

• CALL FORTH (verb)
  The verb CALL FORTH has 2 senses:

1. evoke or provoke to appear or occur
2. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic

  Familiarity information: CALL FORTH used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALL FORTH (verb)

Meaning:

Evoke or provoke to appear or occur

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

call forth; evoke; kick up; provoke

Context example:

Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple

Hypernyms (to "call forth" is one way to...):

cause; do; make (give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "call forth"):

pick (provoke)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Meaning:

Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

invoke; bring up; call down; conjure; conjure up; call forth; put forward; arouse; evoke; stir; raise

Context examples:

raise the specter of unemployment / he conjured wild birds in the air / call down the spirits from the mountain

Hypernyms (to "call forth" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "call forth"):

anathemise; anathemize; bedamn; beshrew; curse; damn; imprecate; maledict (wish harm upon; invoke evil upon)

bless (give a benediction to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something