- 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. Source: opted
- 2. v. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic Source: wordnet
- 3. v. cite as an authority; resort to Source: wordnet
- 4. v. request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection Source: wordnet
- 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. Source: webster
- 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. Source: adambom
- 7. v:100 v. cite as an authority; resort to Source: ecdict
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