invocate
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- invocative adjective
- invocator noun
- uninvocative adjective
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
Example Sentences
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Do not invocate the name of anything, I pray you.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Motteux, Peter Anthony
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
Masterdom means power, rule; to invocate Apollo's masterdom is therefore to invocate Apollo's power to assist the Friar in his undertaking.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by Hazlitt, William Carew
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 Lee, Sidney, Sir
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 Shakespeare, William
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