invoke

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  1. transitive verb To call on (a higher power) for assistance, support, or inspiration: "Stretching out her hands she had the air of a Greek woman who invoked a deity” (Ford Madox Ford).
  2. transitive verb To appeal to or cite in support or justification.
  3. transitive verb To call for earnestly; solicit: invoked the help of a passing motorist.
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  • The old Frankish pieces he hoped to invoke were all religious music, devotionals, and had to be understood and utilized as such, as sacred music. —  THE YEARS OF RICE AND SALT - Kim Stanley Robinson
  • With the rhythmic motion that they invoke, they quite easily lay the foundation for an increased heart rate. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Given the difference between vlax-invoke (deprecated) vs. vlax-invoke-method I rather suspect the last one. —  All Discussion Groups: Message List - root
  • But before we do that we have to start up the Terracotta server by stepping into the bin directory in the Terracotta installation and invoke: —  Jonas Bonér
  • When a regular synchronous method invocation is made on the service interface or component is redirected to the invoke (..) method. —  Jonas Bonér
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English envoken, from Old French invoquer, from Latin invocāre : in-, in; see in-2 + vocāre, to call; see wekw- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French invoquer = Spanish Portuguese invocar = Italian invocare, from Latin invocare, call upon, from in, in, on, + vocare, call: see vocal. Cf. avoke, convoke, evoke, provoke, revoke.
 

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/ɪnˈvoʊk/
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