invoke
Betekenis (Engels)
- To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
- To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude.
- (nautical) (Of one ship) To call another ship.
- To call to mind (something) for some purpose.
- To appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority.
- To conjure up with incantations.
- To bring about as an inevitable consequence.
- To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute.
Synoniemen
appeal to
praise highly
utter a sound
be possessed by a spirit
call near
be incarcerated with spirits
put into operation
touch lightly
raise a spirit
appoint to
raise the spirits of the dead
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ɪnˈvoʊk/
Etymologie (Engels)
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.
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