Invoked

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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, . .
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           Invoke his warlike spirit.               --Shak.
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