Invoke

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           Go, my dread lord, to your great grandsire's tomb, . .
           .
           Invoke his warlike spirit.               --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  invoke
       v 1: 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" [syn: {raise}, {conjure}, {conjure up}, {evoke},
             {stir}, {call down}, {arouse}, {bring up}, {put forward},
             {call forth}]
       2: 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" [syn: {appeal}]
       3: request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or
          protection; "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in
          times of trouble" [syn: {appeal}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  97 Moby Thesaurus words for "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