Invoke

v. t.

1.

To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; as, to invoke the Supreme Being, or to invoke His and blessing. [imp. & p. p. Invoked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Invoking.] Go, my dread lord, to your great grandsire's tomb, . . . Invoke his warlike spirit. - Shak.

Verb	1.	invoke - evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "stir a disturbance"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" Synonyms: bring up, call down, conjure, conjure up, call forth, put forward, arouse, evoke, stir, raise
	2.	invoke - cite as an authority; resort to; "He invoked the law that would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She invoked an ancient law" Synonyms: appeal
	3.	invoke - request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection; "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in times of trouble" Synonyms: appeal

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