invoke

== English == === Alternative forms === envoke (archaic or misspelling) === 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. === Pronunciation === (US) enPR: in'vōk, IPA(key): /ɪnˈvoʊk/ (UK) enPR: in'vōk, IPA(key): /ɪnˈvəʊk/ === Verb === invoke (third-person singular simple present invokes, present participle invoking, simple past and past participle invoked) (transitive) To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance. Synonym: (obsolete) invocate (transitive) To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude. Synonyms: solicit, appeal, petition (transitive, nautical, of one ship) To call another ship. Synonym: signal (transitive) To call to mind (something) for some purpose. Synonyms: evoke, bring to mind, call to mind, enmind (transitive) To appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority. Synonyms: cite, reference, appeal (transitive) To conjure up with incantations. Synonym: summon (transitive) To bring about as an inevitable consequence. Synonyms: bring about, incite; see also Thesaurus:incite (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute. Synonyms: call, execute, launch, run ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== evoke invocate invocation invocational invocatory ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “invoke”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “invoke”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.