Associations to the word «Invoke»

Wiktionary

INVOKE, verb. (transitive) To call upon (a person, especially a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
INVOKE, verb. (transitive) To appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority.
INVOKE, verb. (transitive) To conjure up with incantations.
INVOKE, verb. (transitive) To bring about as an inevitable consequence.
INVOKE, verb. (transitive) To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude.
INVOKE, verb. (transitive) (computing) To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute.

Dictionary definition

INVOKE, verb. 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".
INVOKE, verb. 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".
INVOKE, verb. Request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection; "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in times of trouble".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King