English verb: invoke | |||
1. | invoke (creation) summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic | ||
Samples | Raise the specter of unemployment. He conjured wild birds in the air. Call down the spirits from the mountain. | ||
Synonyms | arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, put forward, raise, stir | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | create, make | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, bless, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict | ||
Verb group | call forth, evoke, kick up, provoke | ||
2. | invoke (communication) cite as an authority; resort to | ||
Samples | He invoked the law that would save him. I appealed to the law of 1900. She invoked an ancient law. | ||
Synonyms | appeal | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | advert, bring up, cite, mention, name, refer | ||
3. | invoke (communication) request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection | ||
Samples | Appeal to somebody for help. Invoke God in times of trouble. | ||
Synonyms | appeal | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s to somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bespeak, call for, quest, request | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | call on, plead, turn | ||