invoke

tr.v., -voked, -vok·ing, -vokes.

1. To call on (a higher power) for assistance, support, or inspiration: "Stretching out her hands she had the air of a Greek woman who invoked a deity" (Ford Madox Ford).
2. To appeal to or cite in support or justification.
3. To call for earnestly; solicit: invoked the help of a passing motorist.
4. To summon with incantations; conjure.
5. To resort to; use or apply: "Shamelessly, he invokes coincidence to achieve ironic effect" (Newsweek).
6. Computer Science. To activate or start (a program, for example).

[Middle English envoken, from Old French invoquer, from Latin invocāre : in-, in; see in-² + vocāre, to call.]

invoker in·vok'er n.

To activate a program, routine, function or process.

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verb

To compel observance of: carry out, effect, enforce, execute, implement. Idioms: put in force, put into action. See obligation, over/under.

v

Definition: use
Antonyms: ignore, waive

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IN BRIEF: To call upon for assistance or protection.

There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control. — Freda Adler, US sociologist, criminal justice specialist.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - anråbe, påkalde, fremmane

Nederlands (Dutch)
aanroepen, oproepen, zich beroepen op, afsmeken

Français (French)
v. tr. - invoquer, évoquer

Deutsch (German)
v. - anrufen, beschwören, (er)flehen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (προσ)επικαλούμαι, καλώ, απαιτώ

Italiano (Italian)
invocare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - invocar

Русский (Russian)
призывать, молить

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - invocar, recurrir a, acogerse, suplicar, implorar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - åkalla, uppväcka, åberopa

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
祈求, 实行, 恳求

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 祈求, 實行, 懇求

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 기원하다, 호소하다, 주문으로 불러내다, 야기하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 加護を祈る, 訴える, 呪文で呼び出す, 墾願する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتوسل, يستشهد ب, يناشد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮קרא לעזרה, העתיר, התפלל, ביקש, העלה (רוחות)‬

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