invoke
Meaning of invoke
verb
- call on (a deity or spirit) in prayer, as a witness, or for inspiration.
- cite or appeal to (someone or something) as an authority for an action or in support of an argument.
the antiquated defence of insanity is rarely invoked in England
- cause (a procedure) to be carried out.
late 15th century: from French invoquer, from Latin invocare, from in- ‘upon’ + vocare ‘to call’.
Information about invoke
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of invoke is: invokes.
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Hyphenation of invoke
in-voke
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- invoke is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
invoke synonyms
Meaning raise:
raise, conjure, evoke, stir, arouse
Meaning appeal:
Meaning ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly:
Meaning ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something:
Meaning ask for or try to obtain (something) from someone:
Meaning ask (someone) urgently and fervently to do something; implore; entreat:
Meaning ask someone earnestly or humbly for something:
Meaning beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something:
Meaning harass (someone) persistently for or to do something:
Meaning present a petition to (an authority) in respect of a particular cause:
Meaning politely or formally ask for:
Meaning request fervently; beg for:
Meaning refer to (a passage, book, or author) as evidence for or justification of an argument or statement, especially in a scholarly work:
Meaning cite as evidence:
Meaning cite (a fact, case, etc.) as an example:
Meaning take, hold, or deploy (something) as a means of accomplishing or achieving something; employ:
invoke antonyms
Meaning refrain from insisting on or using (a right or claim):
Translation of invoke
- German: anrufen
- Spanish: invocar, evocar
- French: invoquer
- Italian: invocare, evocare, suscitare, sollevare
Words that rhyme with invoke
avoke, advoke, evoke, reevoke, revoke, equivoke, convoke, reconvoke, reinvoke, misprovoke, overprovoke, preprovoke, provoke, reprovoke, unprovoke
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