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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No considerable work has yet been composed, but its author, like an ancient magician, retired first to the grove or the closet, to invocate his spirits.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Isaac Disraeli
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
Thou, Cæsar, at this instant art my god; Thee if I invocate, I shall not need To crave Apollo's aid or Bacchus' help; Thy power inspires the Muse that sings this war.
From The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen
Celestial powers on you I invocate; You know the chaste affections of my mind, I never did my faith yet violate; Why should my Chloris then be so unkind?
From Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Idea, Fidesa and Chloris by Martha Foote Crow
Do not invocate the name of anything, I pray you.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Peter Anthony Motteux
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
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
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
A president may not be raised at any hour of the day, except the king, whom he obeyeth, be invocated; nor at the shutting in of the evening.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 325, August 2, 1828 by Various
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
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
But upon his invocating the Lord Jesus, they failed in their attempt.
From The Purgatory of St. Patrick by Denis Florence MacCarthy
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
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