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invoke
( invokes 3rd person present) ( invoking present participle) ( invoked past tense & past participle )

1 verb 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. V n

2 verb 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... V n

3 verb 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. (=evoke)
The music invoked the wide open spaces of the prairies. V n

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invoke

1 adjure, appeal to, beg, beseech, call upon, conjure, entreat, implore, petition, pray, solicit, supplicate

2 apply, call in, have recourse to, implement, initiate, put into effect, resort to, use

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invoice, involve, involved, involvement

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