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Invoke - English meaning

Invoke – definitions in English dictionary

verb

Call on (a deity or spirit) in prayer, as a witness, or for inspiration.

Usage examples:

The milder and more beneficent forces of nature were addressed as female deities and invoked with p…

Synonims:

Pray toCall onAppeal toPlead withSupplicateEntreatSolicitBeseechBegImploreImportunePetitionCall forRequestObtestObsecrateImpetrate
verb

Cite or appeal to (someone or something) as an authority for an action or in support of an argument.

Usage examples:

The antiquated defence of insanity is rarely invoked in england

Synonims:

CiteRefer toAdduceInstanceResort toHave recourse toTurn toCall into useUsePut into effect/use
verb

Cause (a procedure) to be carried out.

Usage examples:

The only possible operation is to read data when read-only mode is invoked.
verb

To call on something or someone, esp. god, for help

Usage examples:

Rather than answer the question, the witness invoked the fifth amendment against incriminating hims…
verb

To use something such as a law to help you when you want to do something

Usage examples:

Regulators said they would invoke legal powers to enforce the change., invoke sth from sth you may …

Invoke translation into English

Invoke: translate from English into Chinese

Translate invoke into Chinese (Simplified)}
调用, 呼吁, 吁求, 祝

Invoke: translate from English into Dutch

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Aanroepen, Inroepen

Invoke: translate from English into French

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Invoquer, Réaliser, Demander l'aide

Invoke: translate from English into German

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Aufrufen, Beschwören, Sich berufen auf

Invoke: translate from English into Hindi

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आह्वान, आह्वान करना, अभिमंत्रित करना, विनती करना

Invoke: translate from English into Italian

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Invocare, Evocare

Invoke: translate from English into Korean

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부르다, 송장을 작성하다

Invoke: translate from English into Russian

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Вызывать, Призывать, Взывать, Умолять, Вызывать духов

Invoke: translate from English into Spanish

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Invocar, Recurrir a, Apelar, Implorar, Conjurar, Atraer, Suplicar

Word origin

late 15th century: from French invoquer, from Latin invocare, from in- ‘upon’ + vocare ‘to call’.

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Invoke – similar words

invokes

verb

Call on (a deity or spirit) in prayer, as a witness, or for inspiration.

Usage examples:

The milder and more beneficent forces of nature were addressed as female deities and invoked with p…
verb

To call on something or someone, esp. god, for help

Usage examples:

Rather than answer the question, the witness invoked the fifth amendment against incriminating hims…
verb

To use something such as a law to help you when you want to do something

Usage examples:

Regulators said they would invoke legal powers to enforce the change., invoke sth from sth you may …
Invokes - all meanings in English

invoked

verb

Call on (a deity or spirit) in prayer, as a witness, or for inspiration.

Usage examples:

The milder and more beneficent forces of nature were addressed as female deities and invoked with p…
verb

Past simple and past participle of invoke

Usage examples:

Police can invoke the law to regulate access to these places., their sacred dance is performed to i…
Invoked - all meanings in English

Invoke synonims

adduce

əˈdʒuːs

verb

Cite as evidence.

Usage examples:

A number of factors are adduced to explain the situation
verb

To give reasons why you think something is true

Usage examples:

None of the evidence adduced in court was conclusive.
Adduce - all meanings in English

beg

beɡ

verb

Ask someone earnestly or humbly for something.

Usage examples:

He begged his fellow passengers for help
verb

To make a very strong and urgent request

Usage examples:

They begged for mercy., [ + speech ] "please, please forgive me!" she begged (him)., [ + obj + to i…
verb

To ask for food or money because you are poor

Usage examples:

There are more and more homeless people begging on the streets these days., she had to beg for mone…
Beg - all meanings in English

beseech

bɪˈsiːtʃ

verb

Ask (someone) urgently and fervently to do something; implore; entreat.

Usage examples:

They beseeched him to stay
verb

To ask for something in a way that shows you need it very much

Usage examples:

Stay a little longer, i beseech you!
Beseech - all meanings in English

cite

saɪt

verb

Refer to (a passage, book, or author) as evidence for or justification of an argument or statement, especially in a scholarly work.

Usage examples:

Authors who are highly regarded by their peers tend to be cited
noun

A citation.

Usage examples:

He just checked the cites and published the opinions unchanged.
verb

To mention something as proof for a theory or as a reason why something has happened

Usage examples:

She cited three reasons why people get into debt., cite something as something the company cited a …
Cite - all meanings in English

entreat

ɪnˈtriːt

verb

Ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something.

Usage examples:

His friends entreated him not to go
verb

To try very hard to persuade someone to do something

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] we would spend every meal time entreating the child to eat her vegetables.
Entreat - all meanings in English

impetrate

verb

Request fervently; beg for.

Usage examples:

A slight testimonial which i thought fit to impetrate from that worthy nobleman
Impetrate - all meanings in English

implore

verb

Beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something.

Usage examples:

He implored her to change her mind
verb

To ask someone in a determined, sincere, and sometimes emotional way to do or not to do something, or to ask for something in this way

Usage examples:

She implored him not to leave her.
Implore - all meanings in English

importune

verb

Harass (someone) persistently for or to do something.

Usage examples:

Reporters importuned him with pointed questions
Importune - all meanings in English

instance

noun

An example or single occurrence of something.

Usage examples:

A serious instance of corruption
verb

Cite (a fact, case, etc.) as an example.

Usage examples:

I instanced bob as someone whose commitment had certainly got things done
Instance - all meanings in English

obsecrate

verb

To entreat (a person) earnestly; to implore, beseech, supplicate; to beg (a thing).

Obsecrate - all meanings in English

petition

noun

A formal written request, typically one signed by many people, appealing to authority in respect of a particular cause.

Usage examples:

She was asked to sign a petition against plans to build on the local playing fields
verb

Present a petition to (an authority) in respect of a particular cause.

Usage examples:

The organization is petitioning the eu for a moratorium on the patent
noun

A document signed by a large number of people requesting some action from the government or another authority, or law a formal letter to a court of law requesting a particular legal action

Usage examples:

More than 2000 people signed a petition to protect a wildlife area from development., law she’s fil…
Petition - all meanings in English

request

noun

An act of asking politely or formally for something.

Usage examples:

A request for information
verb

Politely or formally ask for.

Usage examples:

He received the information he had requested
noun

An act of asking for something, or the thing asked for

Usage examples:

[ c ] the library gets a lot of requests for books about new babies., [ u ] an application will be …
Request - all meanings in English

solicit

verb

Ask for or try to obtain (something) from someone.

Usage examples:

He called a meeting to solicit their views
verb

To ask for something in a persuasive and determined way

Usage examples:

He’s soliciting funds to keep the library open., grace has run an online campaign to solicit employ…
verb

To ask someone for money

Usage examples:

He created a company website to solicit donations for victims of the disaster., solicit sth from sb…
Solicit - all meanings in English

supplicate

verb

Ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly.

Usage examples:

The plutocracy supplicated to be made peers
verb

To ask for something in a humble way

Usage examples:

I knew i could not go on supplicating for more.
Supplicate - all meanings in English

use

verb

Take, hold, or deploy (something) as a means of accomplishing or achieving something; employ.

Usage examples:

She used her key to open the front door
noun

The action of using something or the state of being used for a purpose.

Usage examples:

Modern trains are now in use

Put into service

Use - all meanings in English

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