About The Word Invoke
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Invoke
| Invoke Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Invoke?
[v] request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection; "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in times of trouble"
[v] cite as an authority; resort to; "He invoked the law that would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She invoked an ancient law" [v] 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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Invoke: appeal | arouse | bring up | call down | call forth | conjure | conjure up | evoke | put forward | raise | stir Related Terms | Find terms related to Invoke: accost | address | adjure | apostrophize | appeal | appeal to | approach | beg | beseech | bespeak | bid come | buttonhole | call | call away | call back | call for | call for help | call forth | call in | call on | call out | call to | call together | call up | call up spirits | call upon | cite | clamor for | commune with God | conjure | conjure up | conjure up spirits | convene | convoke | crave | cross-refer | cross-reference | cry for | cry on | cry to | demand | direct attention to | effect | entreat | evoke | give thanks | greet | hail | halloo | impetrate | implement | implore | importune | imprecate | indent | kneel to | make a cross-reference | make reference to | make supplication | muster | muster up | obtest | offer a prayer | order up | page | petition | plead | plead for | pray | pray over | preconize | raise | raise ghosts | recall | recite the rosary | refer to | reference | requisition | return thanks | run to | salute | say grace | send after | send for | serve | speak | speak fair | speak to | subpoena | summon | summon forth | summon spirits | summon up | summons | supplicate | take aside | talk to See Also | advert | bespeak | bring up | call for | call on | cite | create | make | mention | name | plead | quest | refer | request | turn Invoke In Webster's Dictionary \In*voke"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invoked}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Invoking}.] [F. invoquer, L. invocare; pref. in- in, on +
vocare to call, fr. vox voice. See {Voice}, and cf.
{Invocate}.]
To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or
solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or
demand by invocation; to implore; as, to invoke the Supreme
Being, or to invoke His and blessing.
Go, my dread lord, to your great grandsire's tomb, . .
. Invoke his warlike spirit. --Shak.
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