Thesaurus: invoke

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1. v. t. 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.
2. v. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
3. v. cite as an authority; resort to
4. v. request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection
5. 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. Go, my dread lord, to your great grandsire's tomb, . . . Invoke his warlike spirit. Shak.
6. To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly orsolemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand byinvocation; to implore; as, to invoke the Supreme Being, or to invokeHis and blessing.Go, my dread lord, to your great grandsire's tomb, . . . Invoke hiswarlike spirit. Shak.
7. v:100 v. cite as an authority; resort to