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Definition of Invoking
1. invoke [v] - See also: invoke
Lexicographical Neighbors of Invoking
Literary usage of Invoking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session by United States Congress. House (1837)
"... unite in invoking the guidance and aid of the Supreme Ruler of nations, and
in laboring with zealous resolution to overcome the difficulties by which we ..."
2. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"And tell his Ave and his Creed, invoking every saint at need For aid to burst
his spell. And now the moon her orb has hid And dwindled to a silver thread, ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1843)
"It is right and meet, therefore, that we should begin by ••invoking the blessing
of the Almighty Creator, ..."
4. The Growth of British Policy: An Historical Essay by John Robert Seeley (1895)
"... the envoy of the Swiss evangelical cantons, ' with tears in his eyes, and
invoking- the name of God, that nothing had grieved him so much as this war. ..."
5. The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke by Edmund Burke (1867)
"... but in their place the ruffians and hangmen of Warren Hastings occupied the
bench,) these virgins, vainly invoking heaven and earth, in the presence of ..."
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