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CALL FORTH
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
Example:
call down the spirits from the mountain
Synonyms:
arouse; bring up; call down; call forth; conjure; conjure up; evoke; invoke; put forward; raise; stir
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "call forth" is one way to...):
call up; summon (cause to become available for use, either literally or figuratively)
Verb group:
call forth; evoke; kick up; provoke (evoke or provoke to appear or occur)
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
Sense 2
Meaning:
Evoke or provoke to appear or occur
Example:
Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple
Synonyms:
call forth; evoke; kick up; provoke
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "call forth" is one way to...):
cause; do; make (give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally)
Verb group:
arouse; bring up; call down; call forth; conjure; conjure up; evoke; invoke; put forward; raise; stir (summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "call forth"):
pick (provoke)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
