evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "stir a disturbance"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
[ 'kol ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old Norse kalla; akin to Old English hildecalla battle herald, Old High German kallOn to talk loudly, Old Church Slavonic glasu voice.