Open English Wordnet
Verbs
(v)assert, put forwardinsist on having one's opinions and rights recognized“Women should assert themselves more!”
(v)raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forthsummon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic“raise the specter of unemployment”, “he conjured wild birds in the air”, “call down the spirits from the mountain”