invoke
Meaning
- (transitive) To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
- (transitive) To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude.
- (transitive) To call another ship.
- (transitive) To call to mind (something) for some purpose.
- (transitive) To appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority.
- (transitive) To conjure up with incantations.
- (transitive) To bring about as an inevitable consequence.
- (transitive) To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute.
Synonyms
appeal to
praise highly
utter a sound
be possessed by a spirit
call near
be incarcerated with spirits
Translations
invoquer
aanroepen
invocar
anrufen
επικαλούμαι
invocar
invocar
evocare
advocareFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪnˈvoʊk/
Etymology
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.
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