invoke

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verb

1. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic (Freq. 6)
- raise the specter of unemployment
- he conjured wild birds in the air
- call down the spirits from the mountain
• Syn:
raise, conjure, conjure up, evoke, stir,
call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth
• Derivationally related forms:
evocation (for: evoke), invocation, conjurer (for: conjure), conjuration (for: conjure), conjuror (for: conjure), conjury (for: conjure), conjuring (for: conjure)
• Hypernyms:
make, create
• Hyponyms:
curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize,
anathemise, imprecate, maledict, bless
• Verb Group:
provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. cite as an authority;
resort to (Freq. 4)
- He invoked the law that would save him
- I appealed to the law of 1900
- She invoked an ancient law
• Syn:
appeal
• Hypernyms:
mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP (for: appeal)
3. request earnestly (something from somebody);
ask for aid or protection
- appeal to somebody for help
- Invoke God in times of trouble
• Syn:
appeal
• Derivationally related forms:
invocation, appeal (for: appeal)
• Hypernyms:
request, bespeak, call for, quest
• Hyponyms:
plead, call on, turn
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s to somebody