Found 2 items, similar to invoke.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: invoke 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Invoke 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]