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Definition of Invoke
1. Verb. Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic. "Call down the spirits from the mountain"
Specialized synonyms: Anathemise, Anathemize, Bedamn, Beshrew, Curse, Damn, Imprecate, Maledict, Bless
Generic synonyms: Create, Make
Related verbs: Call Forth, Evoke, Kick Up, Provoke
Derivative terms: Conjuration, Conjuration, Conjurer, Conjuring, Conjuror, Conjury, Evocation, Invocation, Invocation
2. Verb. Cite as an authority; resort to. "She invoked an ancient law"
3. Verb. Request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection. "Invoke God in times of trouble"
Generic synonyms: Bespeak, Call For, Quest, Request
Specialized synonyms: Plead, Call On, Turn
Derivative terms: Appeal, Invocation, Invocation
Definition of Invoke
1. v. t. 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.
Definition of Invoke
1. Verb. (transitive) To call upon (a person, especially a god) for help, assistance or guidance. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To conjure up with incantations. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To bring about as an inevitable consequence. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude. ¹
6. Verb. (transitive computing) To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Invoke
1. to appeal to for aid [v -VOKED, -VOKING, -VOKES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Invoke
Literary usage of Invoke
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East, with Historical Surveys by Charles F Horne (1917)
"I invoke the ... I invoke the Spenta-mainyu Gatha; " I invoke the ... I invoke
the good Ashi; 36 " I invoke the good Kisti; 37 " I invoke the most pure ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"There is no averment of any effort to invoke the control of the body of the
stockholders, or nuy reason why it was not done. Nor is it made to appear that a ..."
3. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation by George Grote (1862)
"... and his party now made the formal proposition to invoke the aid of Philip.
... was taken to invoke the interference of Philip; appointing him commander ..."
4. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"^f Asimilar corruption occurs in the pronunciation of'bourgeois' type, called by
printers burji ice. invoke, to call upon. (F.. ..."
5. A Treatise on the Conflict of Laws; Or, Private International Law by Francis Wharton (1906)
"To invoke the lex domicilii is a petitio principii. ... To invoke for this purpose
the lex domicilii of the plaintiff is a petitio principii. ..."
6. A complete dictionary of the English languageby Thomas Sheridan by Thomas Sheridan (1797)
"... va ,' To invoke, to implore, to call upon, to pray to. INVOICE, In'-vci*. f.
A catalogue of the freight of a ... To invoke, ln-vó'ke. va Toca» upon, ..."
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