Definitions for invoke

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invoke in·voke

Spelling: [in-vohk]

IPA: /ɪnˈvoʊk/

Invoke is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 79 anagrams from letters in invoke (eiknov).

Definitions for invoke

verb (used with object)

1. to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for:
2. to call on (a deity, Muse, etc.), as in prayer or supplication.
3. to declare to be binding or in effect:
4. to appeal to, as for confirmation.
5. to petition or call on for help or aid.
6. to call forth or upon (a spirit) by incantation.
7. to cause, call forth, or bring about.

Origin of invoke

1480-90; Latin invocāre, equivalent to in- in-² + vocāre to call, akin to vōx voice

Examples for invoke

Do I, a law professor, get to invoke the privilege when I write a piece for The Daily Beast?

Then she began busily to invoke the protection of all the saints in the calendar.

Does a personal blogger writing on Facebook get to invoke the privilege?

Do you know that it is against your father and your father's brother that you invoke God's vengeance?

Alas, I must invoke Marx, because it is a question of limited resources.

"A law that will hang you if you invoke it," she cut in quickly.

Before you invoke images of a nation enjoying more indolence than industry, there is an uncomfortable statistic to digest.

We have the law with us, and your conduct will lead us to invoke it.

invoke not the unhallowed spirits of the abyss; invoke the spotless synod of the Gods.

The conservative line on Bridgegate is to invoke Benghazi or the IRS scandal, but that doesn't make any sense.