The meaning of Invoke

Invoke – definition

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 to Call on Appeal to Plead with Supplicate Entreat Solicit Beseech Beg Implore Importune Petition Call for Request Obtest Obsecrate Impetrate
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:
Cite Refer to Adduce Instance Resort to Have recourse to Turn to Call into use Use Put 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

调用, 呼吁, 吁求, 祝

Invoke: translate from English into Dutch

Aanroepen, Inroepen

Invoke: translate from English into French

Invoquer, Réaliser, Demander l'aide

Invoke: translate from English into German

Aufrufen, Beschwören, Sich berufen auf

Invoke: translate from English into Hindi

आह्वान, आह्वान करना, अभिमंत्रित करना, विनती करना

Invoke: translate from English into Italian

Invocare, Evocare

Invoke: translate from English into Korean

부르다, 송장을 작성하다

Invoke: translate from English into Russian

Вызывать, Призывать, Взывать, Вызывать духов, Умолять

Invoke: translate from English into Spanish

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 …

All meanings and translations of Invokes

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…

All meanings and translations of Invoked

Invoke synonims

adduce

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.

All meanings and translations of Adduce

beg

verb
Ask someone earnestly or humbly for something.
Usage examples:
He begged his fellow passengers for help

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beseech

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!

All meanings and translations of Beseech

cite

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.

All meanings and translations of Cite

entreat

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.

All meanings and translations of Entreat

impetrate

verb
Request fervently; beg for.
Usage examples:
A slight testimonial which i thought fit to impetrate from that worthy nobleman

All meanings and translations of Impetrate

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.

All meanings and translations of Implore

importune

verb
Harass (someone) persistently for or to do something.
Usage examples:
Reporters importuned him with pointed questions

All meanings and translations of Importune

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

All meanings and translations of Instance

obsecrate

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

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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…

All meanings and translations of Petition

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 …

All meanings and translations of Request

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…

All meanings and translations of Solicit

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.

All meanings and translations of Supplicate

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

All meanings and translations of Use

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