'Invoke' definitions:
Definition of 'invoke'
(from WordNet)
verb
Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" [syn: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth]
verb
Cite as an authority; resort to; "He invoked the law that would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She invoked an ancient law" [syn: invoke, appeal]
verb
Request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection; "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in times of trouble" [syn: appeal, invoke]
Definition of 'Invoke'
From: GCIDE
- Invoke \In*voke"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invoked; p. pr. & vb. n. Invoking.] [F. invoquer, L. invocare; pref. in- in, on + vocare to call, fr. vox voice. See Voice, and cf. Invocate.] 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. [1913 Webster]
- Go, my dread lord, to your great grandsire's tomb, . . . Invoke his warlike spirit. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'invoke'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accost,
- address,
- adjure,
- apostrophize,
- appeal,
- appeal to,
- approach,
- beg,
- beseech,
- bespeak,
- bid come,
- buttonhole,
- call,
- call away,
- call back,
- call for,
- call for help,
- call forth,
- call in,
- call on,
- call out,
- call to,
- call together,
- call up,
- call up spirits,
- call upon,
- cite,
- clamor for,
- commune with God,
- conjure,
- conjure up,
- conjure up spirits,
- convene,
- convoke,
- crave,
- cross-refer,
- cross-reference,
- cry for,
- cry on,
- cry to,
- demand,
- direct attention to,
- effect,
- entreat,
- evoke,
- give thanks,
- greet,
- hail,
- halloo,
- impetrate,
- implement,
- implore,
- importune,
- imprecate,
- indent,
- kneel to,
- make a cross-reference,
- make reference to,
- make supplication,
- muster,
- muster up,
- obtest,
- offer a prayer,
- order up,
- page,
- petition,
- plead,
- plead for,
- pray,
- pray over,
- preconize,
- raise,
- raise ghosts,
- recall,
- recite the rosary,
- refer to,
- reference,
- requisition,
- return thanks,
- run to,
- salute,
- say grace,
- send after,
- send for,
- serve,
- speak,
- speak fair,
- speak to,
- subpoena,
- summon,
- summon forth,
- summon spirits,
- summon up,
- summons,
- supplicate,
- take aside,
- talk to