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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. Go my dread lord, to your great grandsire's tomb, . . . Invoke his warlike spirit. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: invoke v 1: evoke or call forth: "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "stir a disturbance" [syn: {raise}, {conjure}, {conjure up}, {stir}, {call down}, {arouse}, {bring up}, {put forward}, {call forth}] 2: cite as an authority: "He invoked the law that would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900" [syn: {appeal}]
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