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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Invoke \In*voke"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invoked; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Invoking.] [F. invoquer, L. invocare; pref. in- in, on +
     vocare to call, fr. vox voice. See Voice, and cf.
     Invocate.]
     To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or
     solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or
     demand by invocation; to implore; as, to invoke the Supreme
     Being, or to invoke His and blessing.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Go, my dread lord, to your great grandsire's tomb, . .
           .
           Invoke his warlike spirit.               --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Invoke \In*voke"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invoked; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Invoking.] [F. invoquer, L. invocare; pref. in- in, on +
     vocare to call, fr. vox voice. See Voice, and cf.
     Invocate.]
     To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or
     solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or
     demand by invocation; to implore; as, to invoke the Supreme
     Being, or to invoke His and blessing.
  
           Go, my dread lord, to your great grandsire's tomb, . .
           . Invoke his warlike spirit.             --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  invoke
       v 1: evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic; "raise the
            specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the
            air"; "stir a disturbance"; "call down the spirits from
            the mountain" [syn: raise, conjure, conjure up, evoke,
             stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward,
             call forth]
       2: cite as an authority; resort to; "He invoked the law that
          would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She
          invoked an ancient law" [syn: appeal]
       3: request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or
          protection; "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in
          times of trouble" [syn: appeal]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  invoke
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 επικαλούμαι
     2 (ετ πληροφ en) προκαλώ (προξενώ) την εκτέλεση προγράμματος,
  υποπρογράμματος, συνάρτησης

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  invoke
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To call upon (a person, a god) for help,
  assistance or guidance.
     2 (lb en transitive) To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable
  attitude.
     3 (lb en transitive) To call to mind (something) for some purpose.
     4 (lb en transitive) To appeal for validation to a (notably cited)
  authority.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  invoke
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To call upon (a person, a god) for help,
  assistance or guidance.
     2 (lb en transitive) To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable
  attitude.
     3 (lb en transitive) To call to mind (something) for some purpose.
     4 (lb en transitive) To appeal for validation to a (notably cited)
  authority.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  invoke
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To call upon (a person, a god) for help,
  assistance or guidance.
     2 (lb en transitive) To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable
  attitude.
     3 (lb en transitive) To call to mind (something) for some purpose.
     4 (lb en transitive) To appeal for validation to a (notably cited)
  authority.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  invoke
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To call upon (a person, a god) for help,
  assistance or guidance.
     2 (lb en transitive) To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable
  attitude.
     3 (lb en transitive) To call to mind (something) for some purpose.
     4 (lb en transitive) To appeal for validation to a (notably cited)
  authority.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  invoke
     Englanti vb.
     1 vedota, turvautua, kutsua apuun
     2 herättää, kutsua esiin

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  invoke
     Engelska vb.
     åkalla

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  invoke /ɪnvˈəʊk/
  aanroep, oproep

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Invoke /ɪnvˈəʊk/
  تضرّع

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  invoke //ɪnˈvoʊk// //ɪnˈvəʊk// 
  1. призовавам
  call upon someone for help etc.
  2. викам духове
  conjure up by incantation
  3. моля, умолявам
  solicit, petition for

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  invoke /ɪnvˈəʊk/ 
  odvolávat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  invoke /ɪnvˈəʊk/ 
  vyvolat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  invoke /ɪnvˈəʊk/ 
  dovolávat

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  invoke /ɪnvˈəʊk/ 
  anführen, zitieren 
   see: invoking, invoked
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  invoke /ɪnvˈəʊk/ 
  anrufen , anflehen , flehen 
           Note: zu; um, erflehen 
   see: invoking, invoked, invokes, invoked
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  invoke /ɪnvˈəʊk/ 
  sich berufen 
           Note: auf etw.
   see: invoking, invoked
  
           Note: sth.

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  invoke /ɪnvˈəʊk/ 
  beschwören 
           Note: Geister
   see: invoking, invoked, invokes, invoked
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  invoke /ɪnvˈəʊk/
  
  επικαλούμαι

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  invoke //ɪnˈvoʊk// //ɪnˈvəʊk// 
  1. kutsua
  (computing) cause to execute
  2. vedota
  appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority
  3. saada aikaan
  bring about as an inevitable consequence
  4. pyytää
  call upon someone for help etc.
  5. kutsua, loihtia
  conjure up by incantation
  6. anoa
  solicit, petition for

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  invoke /invouk/
  invoquer

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  invoke /ɪnvˈəʊk/ 
  1. चिरौरी~करना
        "Bahuguna invoked many people to back up the agitation."
  2. अवलम्ब~लेना
        "The devas went to invoke vishnu to protect them."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  invoke /ɪnvˈəʊk/
  dozivati

From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lat ]

  invoke /invouk/
  advocare

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  invoke /invouk/
  1. aanroepen
  2. oproepen, praaien
  3. afsmeken

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  invoke /ɪnˈvəʊk/ 
   1.  [praw]  powoływać się na
   2.  przywoływać
   3.  wywoływać

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  invoke /invouk/
  apelar, chamar, invocar

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  invoke /invouk/
  1. llamar
  2. invocar
  3. implorar, suplicar

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  invoke /ɪnvˈəʊk/
  1. dua etmek
  2. niyaz etmek
  3. çağırmak
  4. müracaat etmek
  5. davet etmek
  6. himayesini dilemek .

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˌɪnˈvoʊk/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  97 Moby Thesaurus words for "invoke":
     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, call together, call up, call up spirits,
     call upon, cite, clamor for, commune with God, conjure, conjure up,
     conjure up spirits, convene, convoke, crave, cross-refer,
     cross-reference, cry for, cry on, cry to, demand,
     direct attention to, effect, entreat, evoke, give thanks, greet,
     hail, halloo, impetrate, implement, implore, importune, imprecate,
     indent, kneel to, make a cross-reference, make reference to,
     make supplication, muster, muster up, obtest, offer a prayer,
     order up, page, petition, plead, plead for, pray, pray over,
     preconize, raise, raise ghosts, recall, recite the rosary,
     refer to, reference, requisition, return thanks, run to, salute,
     say grace, send after, send for, serve, speak, speak fair,
     speak to, subpoena, summon, summon forth, summon spirits,
     summon up, summons, supplicate, take aside, talk to
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  vt.调用,请求

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 祈求,恳求,实行,援引,引起

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