invoke
- to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for: to invoke God's mercy.
- to call on (a deity, Muse, etc.), as in prayer or supplication.
- to declare to be binding or in effect: to invoke the law; to invoke a veto.
- to appeal to, as for confirmation.
- to petition or call on for help or aid.
- to call forth or upon (a spirit) by incantation.
- to cause, call forth, or bring about.
Origin of invoke
Related Words for invoke
conjure, apply, enforce, beseech, pray, request, beg, importune, summon, entreat, implore, crave, solicit, plead, supplicate, adjure, petition, initiate, use, implementExamples from the Web for invoke
Contemporary Examples of invoke
Before you invoke images of a nation enjoying more indolence than industry, there is an uncomfortable statistic to digest.
Obama’s Extravagant Summer Break? More Like, America’s Vacation-Deficit DisorderClive Irving
August 10, 2014
Alas, I must invoke Marx, because it is a question of limited resources.
Do I, a law professor, get to invoke the privilege when I write a piece for The Daily Beast?
Does a personal blogger writing on Facebook get to invoke the privilege?
The conservative line on Bridgegate is to invoke Benghazi or the IRS scandal, but that doesn't make any sense.
Historical Examples of invoke
Then she began busily to invoke the protection of all the saints in the calendar.
Gomez AriasJoaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso
Invoke not the unhallowed spirits of the abyss; invoke the spotless synod of the Gods.
ImogenWilliam Godwin
We have the law with us, and your conduct will lead us to invoke it.
Cy Whittaker's PlaceJoseph C. Lincoln
"A law that will hang you if you invoke it," she cut in quickly.
Mistress WildingRafael Sabatini
Do you know that it is against your father and your father's brother that you invoke God's vengeance?
The Tavern KnightRafael Sabatini
invoke
- to call upon (an agent, esp God or another deity) for help, inspiration, etc
- to put (a law, penalty, etc) into usethe union invoked the dispute procedure
- to appeal to (an outside agent or authority) for confirmation, corroboration, etc
- to implore or beg (help, etc)
- to summon (a spirit, demon, etc); conjure up