invoke

  • 21invoke — Synonyms and related words: accost, address, adjure, apostrophize, appeal, appeal to, approach, beg, beseech, bespeak, bid come, buttonhole, call, call away, call back, call for, call for help, call forth, call in, call on, call out, call to,… …

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  • 22invoke — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. beseech, plead, beg; call, summon; utilize; wish, conjure; attest. See request, use. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To call upon] Syn. request, entreat, appeal to; see beg 1 . 2. [To summon] Syn. send for …

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  • 23invoke — see VOCATION …

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  • 24invoke — in·voke || ɪn vəʊk v. requests help or protection (from a deity); summon a spirit through witchcraft; request, make an appeal; pray; activate a command, cause a certain action (Computers) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 25invoke — [ɪn vəʊk] verb 1》 call on (a deity or spirit) in prayer or as a witness.     ↘summon (a spirit) by charms or incantation. 2》 appeal to as an authority or in support of an argument.     ↘call earnestly for. 3》 Computing cause (a procedure) to be… …

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  • 26invoke — v. a. Implore, supplicate, pray, entreat, beg, beseech, importune, solicit, conjure, adjure, call upon, pray to, appeal to, prefer a request to …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 27invoke — verb 1) he invoked his statutory rights Syn: cite, refer to, adduce, instance; resort to, have recourse to, turn to 2) I invoked the Madonna Syn: appeal to, pray to, call on, supplicate …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 28invoke — v 1. call for, pray for, request; supplicate, implore, entreat, adjure, obtest; solicit, beseech, obsecrate, imprecate, impetrate; beg, importune, cry for, beg a boon. 2. call on, petition, address, appeal, plead, Rhet. apostrophize; bid, pray,… …

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  • 29invoke — in·voke …

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  • 30invoke — [ɪnˈvəʊk] verb [T] formal to use a law or rule in order to achieve something …

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