Definitions
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- adverb So as to
invoke .
Etymologies
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Examples
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But all in vain; the indignant gale howls louder; then, with one hand raised invokingly to God, with the other they not unreluctantly lay hold of
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And he who seemed the highest in authority, raising his arms invokingly towards heaven, exclaimed:
The Life Everlasting; a reality of romance Marie Corelli 1889
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But all in vain; the indignant gale howls louder; then, with one hand raised invokingly to God, with the other they not unreluctantly lay hold of Jonah.
Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855
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But all in vain; the indignant gale howls louder; then, with one hand raised invokingly to God, with the other they not unreluctantly lay hold of Jonah.
Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855
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But all in vain; the indignant gale howls louder; then, with one hand raised invokingly to God, with the other they not unreluctantly lay hold of Jonah.
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Ah, "turning invokingly," what is friendship, if it be not the helping hand and the feeling heart, the good Samaritan pouring out at need the purse as the vial! "
The Confidence-Man 1857
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Ah, "turning invokingly," what is friendship, if it be not the helping hand and the feeling heart, the good Samaritan pouring out at need the purse as the vial! "
The Confidence-Man Herman Melville 1855
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