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Invoke

//ɪnˈvoʊk// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance. transitive
  2. 2
    request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection wordnet
  3. 3
    To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude. transitive

    "The envoy invoked the King of Kings's magnanimity to reduce his province's tribute after another drought."

  4. 4
    cite as an authority; resort to wordnet
  5. 5
    To call another ship. transitive
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  1. 6
    summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic wordnet
  2. 7
    To call to mind (something) for some purpose. transitive

    "After marriage, the man had anciently (but this was anterior to Christianity) the power of life and death over his wife. She could invoke no law against him; he was her sole tribunal and law."

  3. 8
    To appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority. transitive

    "In certain Christian circles, invoking the Bible constitutes irrefutable proof."

  4. 9
    To conjure up with incantations. transitive

    "This satanist ritual invokes Beelzebub."

  5. 10
    To bring about as an inevitable consequence. transitive

    "Blasphemy is taboo as it may invoke divine wrath."

  6. 11
    To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute. transitive

    "Interactive programs let the users enter choices and invoke the corresponding routines."

Etymology

From Middle English *invoken, envoken, borrowed from Old French envoquer, from Latin invocāre (“to call upon”), itself from in- + vocare (“to call”). Doublet of invocate.

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