Awaken Greek character, fellow reclining (7)

I believe the answer is:

evocate

'awaken' is the definition.

'greek character fellow reclining' is the wordplay.
'greek character' becomes 'eta' (letter from the Greek alphabet).
'fellow' becomes 'cove' (British slang term).
'reclining' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (recline can mean to move back).
'eta'+'cove'='etacove'
'etacove' written backwards gives 'EVOCATE'.

(Another definition for evocate that I've seen is " Call from the dead".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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