what does invoke mean?
INVOKE as VERB
- Meaning
- request earnestly (something from somebody)
- ask for aid or protection
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Usage Example(s)
- appeal to somebody for help
- Invoke God in times of trouble
Hypernyms(s) invoke is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- cite as an authority
- resort to
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Usage Example(s)
- He invoked the law that would save him
- I appealed to the law of 1900
- She invoked an ancient law
Hypernyms(s) invoke is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic
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Usage Example(s)
- raise the specter of unemployment
- he conjured wild birds in the air
- stir a disturbance
- call down the spirits from the mountain
Hypernyms(s) invoke is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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