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call forth

verb

To summon, to call to speak.

“They were called forth as witnesses.”

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provoke evoke kick up raise conjure conjure up invoke stir

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Meanings

verbcall forth (third-person singular simple present calls forth, present participle calling forth, simple past and past participle called forth)

present singular third person calls forth · participle present calling forth · participle past called forth · past called forth

transitiveTo summon, to call to speak.
They were called forth as witnesses.
transitiveTo induce, inspire.
The treatment of an untreatable condition such as rheumatoid arthritis calls forth, as they might well say in Tipperary, great therapeutic skill and expertise.
1976 March 27, F. Dudley Hart, “History of the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis”, in British Medical Journal, volume 1, number 6012, →DOI, →JSTOR, page 763

Synonyms & antonyms

verbevoke or provoke to appear or occur

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provoke evoke kick up raise conjure conjure up

Broader

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

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

Broader

Also see

arouse bring up call down conjure conjure up evoke invoke kick up provoke put forward raise stir

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry

APA

call forth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/call%20forth

MLA

“call forth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/call%20forth. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “call forth,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/call%20forth.

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