bring up, call down, conjure, conjure up, invoke, call forth, put forward, arouse, evoke, stir, raise - 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"

cause, do, make - give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"

pick - provoke; "pick a fight or a quarrel"

anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, damn, imprecate, maledict, curse - wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child"

bless - give a benediction to; "The dying man blessed his son"

create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"

call forth, evoke, kick up, provoke - call forth; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple"