verb🔗ShareTo call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance."Before taking the difficult exam, Maria closed her eyes and invoked her grandmother's wisdom for guidance. "religionmythologyphilosophytheologysoulChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude."The student invoked the teacher's help to understand the difficult math problem. "attitudeactioncommunicationreligionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo call to mind (something) for some purpose."The teacher invoked the school rules when students started talking during the test. "mindactionphilosophyreligionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority."In certain Christian circles, invoking the Bible constitutes irrefutable proof."lawgovernmentpoliticsphilosophyreligioncommunicationwritingliteraturedoctrinetheoryrightstatementChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo conjure up with incantations."This satanist ritual invokes Beelzebub."ritualreligionmythologysupernaturalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo bring about as an inevitable consequence."Blasphemy is taboo as it may invoke divine wrath."outcomeactionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo cause (a program or subroutine) to execute."Interactive programs let the users enter choices and invoke the corresponding routines."computingtechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
