invoke
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
invoke (invokes, present participle invoking; past and past participle invoked)
- (transitive) To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
- (transitive) To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude.
- The envoy invoked the King of Kings's magnanimity to reduce his province's tribute after another drought.
- (transitive) To call to mind (something) for some purpose.
- (transitive) To appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority.
- In certain Christian circles, invoking the Bible constitutes irrefutable proof.
- 1969, Philip Ziegler, The Black Death, Folio Society 2007, p. 21:
- He invoked cadaveric poisoning as the reason for the high death rate among priests and monks […]
- (transitive) To conjure up with incantations.
- This satanist ritual invokes Beelzebub.
- (transitive) To bring about as an inevitable consequence.
- Blasphemy is taboo as it may invoke divine wrath.
- (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute.
- Interactive programs let the users enter choices and invoke the corresponding routines.
- (to call upon) invocate (obsolete)
- (appeal for validation) cite, reference, appeal
- (bring about) bring about, incite; see also Thesaurus:incite
- (petition for) solicit, appeal, petition
- (computing) call, execute, launch, run
- French: invoquer
- Russian: апеллировать
- Russian: призыва́ть
- Spanish: invocar
- Russian: вы́звать
- French: invoquer
- Russian: призыва́ть
- Russian: вызыва́ть
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