invoke.
To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
Meaning & usage
To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
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.
To call another ship.
To call to mind (something) for some purpose.
To appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority.
In certain Christian circles, invoking the Bible constitutes irrefutable proof.
To conjure up with incantations.
This satanist ritual invokes Beelzebub.
To bring about as an inevitable consequence.
Blasphemy is taboo as it may invoke divine wrath.
To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute.
Interactive programs let the users enter choices and invoke the corresponding routines.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English *invoken, envoken, borrowed from Old French envoquer, from Latin invocāre (“to call upon”), itself from in- + vocare (“to call”). Doublet of invocate.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.