envoke

Verb

invoke (third-person singular simple present invokes, present participle invoking, simple past and past participle invoked)

1. (transitive) To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance.

   Synonyms:

   invocate

2. (transitive) To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude.
   • The envoy invoked the King of Kings's magnanimity to reduce his province's tribute after another drought.

   Synonyms:

   solicit, appeal, petition

3. (transitive) To call another ship.

   Synonyms:

   signal

4. (transitive) To call to mind (something) for some purpose.
   • After marriage, the man had anciently (but this was anterior to Christianity) the power of life and death over his wife. She could invoke no law against him; he was her sole tribunal and law.1869, John Stuart Mill, The Subjection of Women

   Synonyms:

   evoke, bring to mind, call to mind, enmind

5. (transitive) To appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority.
   • In certain Christian circles, invoking the Bible constitutes irrefutable proof.

   Synonyms:

   cite, reference, appeal

6. (transitive) To conjure up with incantations.
   • This satanist ritual invokes Beelzebub.

   Synonyms:

   summon

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