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


  invoking
     vb.
     (present participle of en invoke nocat=1)

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


  invoking
     vb.
     (present participle of en invoke nocat=1)

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


  invoking
     vb.
     (present participle of en invoke nocat=1)

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


  invoking
     vb.
     (present participle of en invoke nocat=1)

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


  invoking
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm i nvok ing e)

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


  invoking
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en invoke ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb invoke)

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


  Invoking /ɪnvˈəʊkɪŋ/
  التضرّع

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


  invoking /ɪnvˈəʊkɪŋ/ 
  vyvolání