invocate
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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Etymology
Origin of invocate
1520–30; < Latin invocātus (past participle of invocāre to call upon, invoke ), equivalent to in- in- 2 + vocā ( re ) to call + -tus past participle suffix
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Be thou the tenth Muse, ten times more in worth Than those old nine which rhymers invocate; And he that calls on thee, let him bring forth Eternal numbers to outlive long date.
From A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles by Sir Sidney Lee
No considerable work was ever composed till its author, like an ancient magician, first retired to the grove, or to the closet, to invocate.
From Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions by Isaac Disraeli
Some call on heaven, some invocate on hell, And Fates and Furies, with their woes acquaint.
From Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Idea, Fidesa and Chloris by Martha Foote Crow
But the Muses and the Graces are his hard mistresses; though he daily invocate them, though he sacrifice hecatombs, they still look asquint.
From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various
Henry the Fifth, thy ghost I invocate: Prosper this realm, keep it from civil broils, Combat with adverse planets in the heavens!
From King Henry VI, Part 1 by William Shakespeare
The nine here so classically invocated are manifestly nine of the members of the late club, consisting of, 1.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, July 17, 1841 by Various
They believed in the powers of philtres and spells, and invocated spirits; and they relished a blood-curdling ghost story at Christmas quite as much as their twentieth-century descendants.
From Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries by William Francis Dawson
Verily he hath forbidden you to eat that which dieth of itself, and blood and swine's flesh, and that on which any other name but GOD'S hath been invocated.
From The Koran (Al-Qur'an) by George Sale
Greek and Roman magicians invocated spirits by prayers to the moon, and sacrifices of milk, honey, and blood.
From The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales by James Grant
Is she then invocated, or is she not?
From The Captiva and the Mostellaria by Henry T. (Henry Thomas) Riley
She was a pretty, invocating, weak-mouthed girl, whose chief defect as a companion with her sex was a tendency to peevishness now and then.
From Life's Little Ironies by Thomas Hardy
Perhaps it was gathered during the invocating influence of the following charm, which may be found in the 12th book, chap.
From Thaumaturgia by An Oxonian
But upon his invocating the Lord Jesus, they failed in their attempt.
From The Purgatory of St. Patrick by Denis Florence MacCarthy
Yet we are told they remained in their dungeons “with much joy and great comfort, in continual reading and invocating the name of God, ever looking and expecting the happy day of their dissolution.”
From The King's Daughters by Emily Sarah Holt
"Grace!" said Fitzpiers, in an indescribable whisper—more than invocating, if not quite deprecatory.
From The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy
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