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invoke

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvoʊk/

The English word “invoke” has 8 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
  2. To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude.
  3. To call another ship.
  4. To call to mind (something) for some purpose.
  5. To appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority.
  6. To conjure up with incantations.
  7. To bring about as an inevitable consequence.
  8. To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute.

Etymology

From Middle English *invoken, envoken, borrowed from Old French envoquer, from Latin invocāre (“to call upon”), itself from in- + vocare (“to call”). Doublet of invocate.

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