What is a synonym for "invocate"?

Common synonyms include: invoke, invoke.

Invocate

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Verb

1
To implore or invoke. rare
"Be thou the tenth Muſe, ten times more in worth / Then thoſe old nine which rimers inuocate, […]"
2
To conjure up or summon. rare
"Poore key-cold Figure of a holy King, Pale Aſhes of the Houſe of Lancaſter; Thou bloodleſſe Remnant of that Royall Blood, Be it lawfull that I inuocate thy Ghoſt, To heare the Lamentations of poore Anne, Wife to thy Edward, to thy ſlaugthered Sonne, Stab'd by the ſelfeſame hand that made theſe wounds."

"Be thou the tenth Muſe, ten times more in worth / Then thoſe old nine which rimers inuocate, […]"

First attested in 1530; borrowed from Latin invocātus, perfect passive participle of invocō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of invoke.

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