INVOKE
Dictionary entry overview: What does invoke mean?
• INVOKE (verb)
The verb INVOKE has 3 senses:
1. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
2. cite as an authority; resort to
3. request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection
Familiarity information: INVOKE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• INVOKE (verb)
Meaning:
Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
invoke; bring up; call down; conjure up; conjure; call forth; arouse; put forward; evoke; stir; raise
Context examples:
raise the specter of unemployment / he conjured wild birds in the air / call down the spirits from the mountain
Hypernyms (to "invoke" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "invoke"):
anathemise; anathemize; bedamn; beshrew; curse; damn; imprecate; maledict (wish harm upon; invoke evil upon)
bless (give a benediction to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Cite as an authority; resort to
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
invoke; appeal
Context examples:
He invoked the law that would save him / I appealed to the law of 1900 / She invoked an ancient law
Hypernyms (to "invoke" is one way to...):
advert; bring up; cite; mention; name; refer (make reference to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
appeal; invoke
Context examples:
appeal to somebody for help / Invoke God in times of trouble
Hypernyms (to "invoke" is one way to...):
bespeak; call for; quest; request (express the need or desire for; ask for)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "invoke"):
plead (appeal or request earnestly)
call on; turn (have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s to somebody
