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Synonyms for invoke

Grammar : Verb
Spell : in-vohk
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈvoʊk

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Définition of invoke

Origin :
  • late 15c., from Middle French envoquer (12c.), from Latin invocare "call upon, implore," from in- "upon" (see in- (2)) + vocare "to call," related to vox (genitive vocis) "voice" (see voice (n.)). Related: Invoked; invoking.
  • verb call upon
  • verb put into effect
Example sentences :
  • Then she began busily to invoke the protection of all the saints in the calendar.
  • Extract from : « Gomez Arias » by Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso
  • Invoke not the unhallowed spirits of the abyss; invoke the spotless synod of the Gods.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • We have the law with us, and your conduct will lead us to invoke it.
  • Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • "A law that will hang you if you invoke it," she cut in quickly.
  • Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Do you know that it is against your father and your father's brother that you invoke God's vengeance?
  • Extract from : « The Tavern Knight » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Or, instead of the camera, why not at first invoke the brush and colour-box?
  • Extract from : « Little Masterpieces of Science: » by Various
  • He knew how to invoke to his aid all that poetry, art, and romance could contribute.
  • Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • It seems to invoke sympathy and help in some indefinite crisis.
  • Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee
  • I cannot invoke the civil law to do more than to say that it shall be a day of rest.
  • Extract from : « 'America for Americans!' » by John Philip Newman
  • I have heard them invoke their friends who have been drowned at sea.
  • Extract from : « The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) » by Sir James George Frazer

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