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Synonyms for invoke
ɪnˈvoʊkin·voke

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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. invokeverb

    Synonyms:
    invocate

  2. invokeverb

    To call upon (a person, especially a god) for help, assistance or guidance.

    Synonyms:
    invocate

  3. invokeverb

    To appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority.

    In certain Christian circles invoking the Bible constitutes irrefutable proof.

    Synonyms:
    invocate

  4. invokeverb

    To conjure up with incantations.

    This satanist ritual invokes Beelzebub.

    Synonyms:
    invocate

  5. invokeverb

    To bring about as an inevitable consequence.

    Blasphemy is taboo as it may invoke divine wrath.

    Synonyms:
    invocate

  6. invokeverb

    To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude.

    The envoy invoked the King of Kings's magnanimity to reduce his province's tribute after another draught.

    Synonyms:
    invocate

  7. invokeverb

    To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute.

    Interactive programs let the users enter choices and invoke the corresponding routines.

    Synonyms:
    invocate

  8. invokeverb

    Synonyms:
    execute, run, call

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. invoke

    To pray, in the religious sense, is devoutly to address the Supreme Being with reverent petition for divine grace or any favor or blessing, and in the fullest sense with thanksgiving and praise for the divine goodness and mercy; the once common use of the word to express any earnest request, as "I pray you to come in," is now rare, unless in writings molded on older literature, or in certain phrases, as "Pray sit down;" even in these "please" is more common; "I beg you" is also frequently used, as expressing a polite humility of request. Beseech and entreat express great earnestness of petition; implore and supplicate denote the utmost fervency and intensity, supplicate implying also humility. Compare ASK; PLEAD.

    Synonyms:
    ask, beg, beseech, bid, call upon, conjure, entreat, implore, importune, petition, plead, pray, request, supplicate

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. invoke

    Synonyms:
    summon, call, imprecate, conjure, invite, challenge, invocate, implore, beseech, appeal to

    Antonyms:
    deprecate, ignore, warn, inhibit, elude, defy, deter

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forthverb

    summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic

    "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"

    Synonyms:
    elevate, resurrect, nominate, reproof, entreat, chide, mention, enkindle, provoke, kindle, assert, refer, leaven, call forth, grow, submit, kick upstairs, reprimand, posit, suggest, stimulate, lift, heighten, beseech, upgrade, advert, put up, educe, kick up, chew out, fire, set up, name, trounce, bring up, awake, state, raise, wind up, recruit, farm, extract, excite, lecture, conjure, rouse, upraise, adjure, rag, appeal, awaken, shake, conjure up, dress down, wake, waken, shift, turn on, boot, enhance, remonstrate, budge, chew up, wake up, sex, advance, perk up, machinate, jaw, prove, rebuke, agitate, have words, evoke, lambast, conspire, rear, press, cite, draw out, stir, elicit, take to task, bawl out, nurture, parent, energize, berate, produce, erect, reboot, bid, levy, arouse, call on the carpet, touch, lambaste, brace, complot, energise, paint a picture, get up, cabal, scold, call down, shake up, promote, put forward, come alive

  2. invoke, appealverb

    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"

    Synonyms:
    bring up, conjure up, stir, raise, evoke, attract, put forward, appeal, arouse, call down, call forth, conjure

  3. appeal, invokeverb

    request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection

    "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in times of trouble"

    Synonyms:
    bring up, stir, arouse, raise, evoke, attract, put forward, appeal, conjure up, call down, call forth, conjure

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Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. pray

    Submitted by davidb on May 2, 2023  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. invokeverb

    Synonyms:
    implore, supplicate, pray, entreat, beg, beseech, conjure, ADJURE, importune, solicit, call upon, pray to, appeal to, prefer a request to

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "invoke":

    invoking, rely, cite, plead, adduce, protest, invocation, claim

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How to use invoke in a sentence?

  1. Edward Bulwer-Lytton:

    Destiny is but a phrase of the weak human heart - the dark apology for every error. The strong and virtuous admit no destiny. On earth conscience guides; in heaven God watches. And destiny is but the phantom we invoke to silence the one and dethrone the other.

  2. Thomas Waldhauser:

    Russia is more deliberate in Libya as they invoke Gadhafi - era relationships and debts to obtain economic and military contracts, these agreements are aimed at accessing Libya's vast oil market, reviving arms sales, and gaining access to coastal territories on the Mediterranean Sea, providing Russia closer access to Europe's southern border.

  3. Scott Jennings:

    Having somebody like Emmet sitting behind you makes you feel a lot better about life, i think I'm the last sitting White House staffer to go to Capitol Hill and correctly invoke executive privilege on behalf of the president.

  4. Neama Rahmani:

    There was a district attorney in Pennsylvania who declined to prosecute Cosby, castor made a very public statement saying that we're not going to prosecute Bill Cosby because of insufficient evidence. Relying on that statement, Cosby and in a subsequent civil case, not a criminal case, was unable to invoke his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination.

  5. United States:

    At the time following the Civil War, at its core, it meant all persons had the right to be protected by the police, that the laws of the country should protect all people, in the 20th century, more broader questions were litigated under the 14th Amendment, like Brown v. Board of Education -- whether segregation was constitutional. Cases involving the internment of Japanese citizens, case from the marriage equality decisions, even Roe vs. Wade have strains of equal protection language and invoke due process law.


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