vverb.creationsummon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magicSynset:arouse bring up call down call forth conjure conjure up evoke put forward raise stir
Examples:- raise the specter of unemployment
- he conjured wild birds in the air
- call down the spirits from the mountain
Derivationally Related Form:conjuringconjurationconjuryconjurerinvocationconjurorevocation
Hypernyms:call up summon
Inherited Hypernyms:raisecall upmake
Direct Hyponyms:anathemiseanathemizebedamnbeshrewblesscursedamnimprecatemaledict
Full Troponyms:anointblesscurse
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.communicationcite as an authority; resort toSynset:appeal
Examples:- He invoked the law that would save him
- I appealed to the law of 1900
- She invoked an ancient law
Hypernyms:advert bring up cite mention name refer
Inherited Hypernyms:invokementionthink ofassociatethink
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | Somebody ---s PP (apply to: appeal)
vverb.communicationrequest earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protectionSynset:appeal
Examples:- appeal to somebody for help
- Invoke God in times of trouble
Derivationally Related Form:appealinvocation
Hypernyms:ask for bespeak call for quest request
Inherited Hypernyms:appealrequestcommunicateconveytransfermove
Direct Hyponyms:call onpleadturn
Full Troponyms:begbesiegebidcall oncraveimportunepleadsupplicate
Sentence Frame:Something ---s to somebody