evocable

[ ev-uh-kuh-buhl, ih-voh-kuh- ]

adjective

1. capable of being evoked.

Other Words From

• un·evo·ca·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of evocable¹

First recorded in 1885–90; evoc(ation) + -able

Example Sentences

Similarly again, we saw that that specific impress on body and mind which we term memory may in sleeping or hypnotic states be both wider in range and fuller in content than the evocable memory of the waking day.

From Project Gutenberg

But this case may also serve to lead us on to further reflections as to the connection between dream-memory and hypnotic memory, a connection which points, as we shall presently see, towards the existence of some subliminal continuity of memory, lying deeper down than the evocable memory of common life—the stock of conscious reminiscences on which we can draw at will.

From Project Gutenberg

With the language, qua language," he continued, "you need not trouble, but the 'Names' of many things you must know accurately, and especially the names of the so-called 'Angels'; for these are in reality Forces of immense potency, vast spiritual Powers, Qualities, and the like, all evocable by correct utterance of their names.

From Project Gutenberg

The details that go to compose this or that gentleman's appearance—such as the little wrinkles around his eyes, and the way his hair grows, and the special convolutions of his ears—all these, presentable on canvas, or evocable by words, are not right matter for the chisel or for the mould and furnace.

From Project Gutenberg