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invoke Definition

in·voke (in vōk′)

transitive verb -·voked′, -·vok′·ing

  1. to call on (God, a god, a saint, the Muses, etc.) for blessing, help, inspiration, support, etc.
  2. to resort to or put into use (a law, ruling, penalty, etc.) as pertinent to invoke an article of the U.N. Charter
  3. to call forth; cause
  4. to summon (evil spirits) by incantation; conjure
  5. to ask solemnly for; beg for; implore to invoke aid

Etymology: ME invoken < MFr invoquer < L invocare < in-, in, on + vocare, to call < vox, voice

invoke Related Forms
in·vok′er noun
invoke Synonyms

invoke

v.

  1. To call upon

    request, entreat, appeal to; see beg 1.

  2. To summon

    send for, bid, conjure up; see summon 1.

invoke Usage Examples

Object

  • callbacks: XmNresizeCallback DrawingArea invokes these callbacks whenever its resize widget class procedure is called.
  • curse: In the digital age it's much easier to invoke a curse, or to have one lifted.
  • blessing: He appears in television programs to invoke blessings upon his mother.
  • wrath: That move provoked US TV evangelist Pat Robertson to warn the town was invoking the wrath of God.
  • deity: In ancient times, the name of the deity was greatly respected as a means of invoking the deity.
  • compiler: There was a rule to generate a.P file by invoking the compiler appropriately.

Subject

  • author: All person copying this information are expected to adhere to the terms and constraints invoked by each author 's copyright.
  • command: Can be invoked by the keyboard command, Ctrl+F.

Modifying Another Word

  • repeatedly: Then there was its commitment to Yugoslavia, whose resuscitation was repeatedly invoked in the West.
  • implicitly: AS IMPLICIT Indicates that the cast may be invoked implicitly in any context.
  • automatically: Most browsers will automatically invoke Microsoft Word to display the attachment.
  • explicitly: I have even heard one of them explicitly invoking the principle that I now identify with Zahavi's principle of costly authentication.
  • typically: This command is typically invoked by Tcl code that wishes to use a particular version of a particular package.
  • frequently: Evidence from early translations is frequently invoked to aid understanding of the Hebrew text.

Used with why or when

  • whenever: This means that proc will be invoked whenever any element of the array is accessed in the ways specified by flags.
  • when: In this case it returns immediately and the callback is invoked later when the copy completes.

Infinitive complement

  • justify: These tests, applied in combination, narrow the range of events which can properly be invoked to justify withdrawal.
  • explain: A similar set of fundamental characteristics is invoked to explain the recent economic catastrophes.

Preposition: with

  • argument: If invoked with a file argument, then a copy of file is read into the editor's buffer.

Preposition: by

  • author: All person copying this information are expected to adhere to the terms and constraints invoked by each author 's copyright.