invoke

Senso (English)

1. To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
2. To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude.
3. (nautical) (Of one ship) To call another ship.
4. To call to mind (something) for some purpose.
5. To appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority.
6. To conjure up with incantations.
7. To bring about as an inevitable consequence.
8. To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute.

Synonyms

call

appeal

evoke

summon

conjure

call upon

raise

appeal to

invite

stir

cause

conjure up

shall

provoke

praise

arouse

bring up

beg

call down

call out

create

implore

name

petition

put forward

worship

call forth

praise highly

hail

hasten

utter a sound

celebrate

invocate

invocation

kindle

may

be possessed by a spirit

offer

offer up

on

🔛

call near

plead

call on

pray

🛐

calling

📲

be incarcerated with spirits

activate

send for

bring around

solicit

bring about

stir up

suggest

bless

supplicate

toasts

put into operation

touch lightly

turn

wake

waken

wish

raise a spirit

appoint to

raise the spirits of the dead

beseech

cry

😢

enkindle

commend

excite

generate

get up

grant

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ɪnˈvoʊk/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from inglese medio: *invoken

In summary

From Middle English *invoken, envoken, borrowed from Old French envoquer, from Latin invocāre (“to call upon”), itself from in- + vocare (“to call”). Doublet of invocate.