invoke
verb /ɪnˈvəʊk/
/ɪnˈvəʊk/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they invoke | /ɪnˈvəʊk/ /ɪnˈvəʊk/ |
| he / she / it invokes | /ɪnˈvəʊks/ /ɪnˈvəʊks/ |
| past simple invoked | /ɪnˈvəʊkt/ /ɪnˈvəʊkt/ |
| past participle invoked | /ɪnˈvəʊkt/ /ɪnˈvəʊkt/ |
| -ing form invoking | /ɪnˈvəʊkɪŋ/ /ɪnˈvəʊkɪŋ/ |
- invoke something (against somebody) to mention or use a law, rule, etc. as a reason for doing something
- It is unlikely that libel laws will be invoked.
- invoke somebody/something to mention a person, a theory, an example, etc. to support your opinions or ideas, or as a reason for something
- She invoked several eminent scholars to back up her argument.
- invoke something to mention somebody’s name to make people feel a particular thing or act in a particular way
- His name was invoked as a symbol of the revolution.
- invoke somebody to make a request (for help) to somebody, especially a god
- invoke something to make somebody have a particular feeling or imagine a particular scene synonym evoke
- The opening paragraph invokes a vision of England in the early Middle Ages.
- invoke something (computing) to begin to run a program, etc.
- This command will invoke the HELP system.
- invoke somebody/something to make evil appear by using magic
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from French invoquer, from Latin invocare, from in- ‘upon’ + vocare ‘to call’.