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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic;
- Example: "raise the specter of unemployment"
- Example: "he conjured wild birds in the air"
- Example: "call down the spirits from the mountain"
[syn: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth]

2. cite as an authority; resort to;
- Example: "He invoked the law that would save him"
- Example: "I appealed to the law of 1900"
- Example: "She invoked an ancient law"
[syn: invoke, appeal]

3. request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection;
- Example: "appeal to somebody for help"
- Example: "Invoke God in times of trouble"
[syn: appeal, invoke]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Invoke \In*voke"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invoked; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Invoking.] [F. invoquer, L. invocare; pref. in- in, on +
   vocare to call, fr. vox voice. See Voice, and cf.
   Invocate.]
   To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or
   solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or
   demand by invocation; to implore; as, to invoke the Supreme
   Being, or to invoke His and blessing.
   [1913 Webster]

         Go, my dread lord, to your great grandsire's tomb, . .
         .
         Invoke his warlike spirit.               --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

invoke
    v 1: summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by
         magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured
         wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the
         mountain" [syn: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke,
         evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put
         forward, call forth]
    2: cite as an authority; resort to; "He invoked the law that
       would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She
       invoked an ancient law" [syn: invoke, appeal]
    3: request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or
       protection; "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in
       times of trouble" [syn: appeal, invoke]