2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Invoke \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
invoke
v 1: evoke or call forth: "raise the specter of unemployment";
"he conjured wild birds in the air"; "stir a
disturbance" [syn: {raise}, {conjure}, {conjure up}, {stir},
{call down}, {arouse}, {bring up}, {put forward}, {call
forth}]
2: cite as an authority: "He invoked the law that would save
him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900" [syn: {appeal}]
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