Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - invoke
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Invoke
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~ v formal 1 to use a law, principle, or theory to support your views (Such legislation has frequently been invoked to silence political opposition.) 2 to make a particular idea, image or feeling appear in people's minds (His earlier novels invoke a romanticized picture of life in the countryside.) 3 to ask for help from someone more powerful than you, especially a god (Isagoras invoked the aid of King Cleomenes.) 4 to make spirits appear by using magic (invoking the spirits of their dead ancestors)
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(invokes, invoking, invoked) 1. If you invoke a law, you state that you are taking a particular action because that law allows or tells you to. The judge invoked an international law that protects refugees. VERB: V n 2. If you invoke something such as a principle, a saying, or a famous person, you refer to them in order to support your argument. He invoked memories of Britain’s near-disastrous disarmament in the 1930s... VERB: V n 3. If something such as a piece of music invokes a feeling or an image, it causes someone to have the feeling or to see the image. Many people consider this use to be incorrect. The music invoked the wide open spaces of the prairies. = evoke VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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transitive verb (~d; invoking) Etymology: Middle English envoken, from Middle French invoquer, from Latin invocare, from in- + vocare to call, from voc-, vox voice — more at voice Date: 15th century 1. a. to petition for help or support b. to appeal to or cite as authority 2. to call forth by incantation ; conjure 3. to make an earnest request for ; solicit 4. to put into effect or operation ; implement 5. bring about, cause • ~r noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. 1 call on (a deity etc.) in prayer or as a witness. 2 appeal to (the law, a person's authority, etc.). 3 summon (a spirit) by charms. 4 ask earnestly for (vengeance, help, etc.). Derivatives invocable adj. invoker n. Etymology: F invoquer f. L invocare (as IN-(2), vocare call) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. призывать; взывать; молить to invoke smb.'s aid —- взывать к чьей-л. помощи to invoke protection —- молить о защите to invoke vengeance —- звать (призывать) к мщению 2. обращаться к; ссылаться на; цитировать to invoke Plato —- цитировать Платона 3. призывать к применению (чего-л.); прибегать к (чему-л.) 4. юр. применять (статью, оговорку) 5. вызвать (что-л.), привести к (чему-л.) 6. вызывать духов to invoke a phantom —- вызывать призрак ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- early 15c., from M.Fr. envoquer, from L. invocare "call upon, implore," from in- "upon" + vocare "to call," related to vox (gen. vocis) "voice." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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