invocatev.
/ˈɪnvəkeɪt/ Now rare.† 2. intransitive. To make invocation; to call in prayer (on or upon). Obsolete.
1. transitive. = invoke v.
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the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > appeal to or invoke
halsec825
askOE
witnec1200
halsenc1290
calla1325
incalla1340
to speak to ——1362
interpel1382
inclepec1384
turnc1384
becallc1400
ethec1400
peala1425
movec1450
provoke1477
adjure1483
invoke1490
conjurea1500
sue1521
invocatea1530
obtest1548
obtestate1553
to throw oneself on (or upon)1592
obsecrate1598
charm1599
to cry on ——1609
behight1615
imprecate1643
impray1855
society > faith > worship > prayer > kinds of prayer > [verb (transitive)] > invoke or call upon
oncallc1400
invoke1490
invocatea1530
a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. CCxixv Thy holy name is inuocate & named vpon vs.
1537 Inst. Christen Man f. 9 Whan so euer I do inuocate and calle vpon hym [Christ], in ryght fayth and hope.
1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xxxviii. sig. C4v Be thou the tenth Muse, ten times more in worth Then those old nine which rimers inuocate . View more context for this quotation
1738 J. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) xviii. ii Still will I invocate his Name.
1848 J. Keble Serm. x. 272 That offering for sin..which the Holy Spirit, duly invocated, descends upon.
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the mind > language > speech > request > make a request [verb (intransitive)] > to, of, or upon someone
clepec825
cryc1290
to pray (one) of a boon1393
to call on ——a1400
to seek on (also upon)a1400
to call upon ——c1405
sue1405
supplicate1417
peala1425
labour1442
to make suit1447–8
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suit1526
appeal1540
apply1554
incalla1572
invocate1582
beg1600
palaver1859
society > faith > worship > prayer > kinds of prayer > [verb (intransitive)] > invoke or call upon
invocate1582
1582 Bible (Rheims) Acts vii. 59 They stoned Stephen invocating, and saying: Lord Iesus, receive my spirit.
1594 M. Drayton Ideas Mirrour sig. Dv Some inuocate the Gods, some spirits of Hell.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 297 We obserue a peculiar adoration, and inuocat vpon the Greekish goddesse of vengeance Nemesis.
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 256 After that houre to daybreak tis held an ungodly thing to invocate.
1802 H. Martin Helen of Glenross IV. 255 With the shriek of madness she invocated.
Derivatives
ˈinvocated adj.
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the mind > language > speech > request > [adjective] > appealing > appealed to
interpellate1447
invocated1671
supplicated1786
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 575 Till..oft-invocated death Hast'n the welcom end of all my pains. View more context for this quotation
1746 T. Smollett Reproof 200 Peace to that gentle soul that could deny His invocated voice to fill the cry.
ˈinvocating n.
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society > faith > worship > prayer > kinds of prayer > [noun] > invocatory > action of using
invocating1607
invoking1611
1607 T. Rogers Faith, Doctr., & Relig. 129 In these daies the Protestant Churches vtterly condemne the inuocating of, or praying vnto creatures whatsoeuer.
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