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invocation Definition

in·vo·ca·tion (in′və kā′s̸hən)

noun

  1. the act of calling on God, a god, a saint, the Muses, etc. for blessing, help, inspiration, support, or the like
    1. a formal prayer used in invoking, as at the beginning of a church service
    2. a formal plea for aid from a Muse, god, etc., at the beginning of an epic or similar poem
    1. a conjuring of evil spirits
    2. an incantation used in conjuring

Etymology: OFr < L invocatio < pp. of invocare: see invoke

invocation Related Forms
in′·vo·ca′·tional adjective in·voc′a·to′ry (-väk′ə tôr′ē) adjective
invocation Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • saint: There were lighted candles on the altars and the invocation of saints, which was strongly condemned by the Protestant Church.
  • method: Thread T then returns from the invocation of the wait method.
  • shell: These flags can also be used upon invocation of the shell.
  • spirit: This invocation of cat spirits was to guard against rats and mice, creatures notoriously fond of munching silkworm larvae and cocoons.
  • command: The normal way of running MAP is to produce a new mean spectrum with each invocation of the command.
  • procedure: Further invocations of the same procedure use the stored copy.

Converse of object

  • deliver: Not so long ago Pastor Joe had been invited to " deliver the invocation " at the Kansas State Legislature.
  • involve: Most rites involve invocation, prayer, and spirit possession on the part of the priest and inevitably require some type of offering.
  • follow: The following invocations of ' foo ' demonstrates the fact that the language is dynamically typed.

Adjective modifier

  • remote: Hence remote invocation looks very similar to local invocation.
  • subsequent: Subsequent invocation of ` next ' will result in ` abc ' being returned to the top level caller.
  • multiple: To make a booking, customers would normally engage in a conversation with the server making multiple method invocations.
  • previous: The image must have been created by some previous invocation of image create.
  • single: With a single invocation, several related tasks can be accomplished.

Noun used with modifier

  • macro: A $ fol- lowed by a number ( or numbers ) is replaced by the cor- responding argument on the macro invocation command line.
  • method: Returns: the value to return from the method invocation on the proxy instance.
  • shell: Parameter $ 0 is set from argument zero at shell invocation.
  • command: A single round of substitutions is performed before command invocation.
  • function: These functions are also implemented using the regular syntax for function invocation.
  • operation: These exceptions may be thrown as a result of any CORBA operation invocation and may also be returned by many standard CORBA API methods.
invocation Quotes

The function of poetry is religious invocation of the Muse; its use is the experience of mixed exaltation and horror that her presence excites.

—Graves, Robert von Ranke

Ma¤  s que una costumbre, parece como un conjuro para una divinidad que todos desconocemos, que al reunirse varios cubanos†se permanece en un silencio de suspensio¤  n, hasta que se oye una voz cualquiera que dice o canta algo, que no tiene relacio¤  n con la convocatoria para la reunio¤ n .

—Lezama Lima,Jose¤