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Definition

to call upon

The exact meaning of invoke can depend upon its context. For example:

"invoking God's help"; or "invoking the spirit of the dead" — to call upon a great or magical power
"I invoke the First Amendment"; or "I invoke the words of Thomas Jefferson" — to cite or call upon for validation
"She invoked his sympathy and family memories." — to call upon someone's feelings or memories
"She invoked his assistance." — to call earnestly for
"The program invokes the subroutine" — to call up a computer program

Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes his aid against the other.
Abraham Lincoln (Second Inaugural Address)

She invoked the Fifth Amendment as reason not to answer.

invoked = cited or called upon for validation

She invoked the National Emergency Act to support her actions.
He invoked Section 24 of the statute (law).
He used all his money for a ticket, boarded the train as he had done many times, coolly chatted with the conductor, to whom Dill was a familiar sight, but he had not the nerve to invoke the rule on small children traveling a distance alone if you've lost your money the conductor will lend you enough for dinner and your father will pay him back at the end of the line.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

invoke = call upon

Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other.
Abraham Lincoln -- Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address

invokes = calls upon

Invoke God in times of trouble
I mean to teach them in these parts that law is law, and that there is a man here who does not fear to invoke it.
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan -- The Hound of the Baskervilles
I want to invoke every kind of blessing on them, grave and gay, great and small.
Forster, E. M. -- A Room With A View
They curse me, they invoke all kinds of evil on my head
Hawthorne, Nathaniel -- Grandfather's Chair
I invoke your sympathy.
Collins, Wilkie -- The Woman in White
What could I do but invoke a silent blessing on Miss Mills's head, and store Miss Mills's address in the securest corner of my memory
Dickens, Charles -- David Copperfield
Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors.
Kennedy, John F. -- John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address
I have too much reverence in me to invoke the name of a God of whom clever men have robbed me a long time ago.
Conrad, Joseph -- The Arrow of Gold
...prayers where two or three are gathered together invoke the mercy of heaven.
Dumas, Alexandre -- The Count of Monte Cristo
If you intend to reform, invoke God's blessing, His mercy, and His aid; not His curse.
Bronte, Anne -- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
He droned on insultingly, invoking Lincoln, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Dale Carnegie, Spinoza, Thomas Edison, Sigmund Freud.
William Styron -- Sophie's Choice
About HER I won't speak; and I don't desire to think; but I earnestly wish she were invisible: her presence invokes only maddening sensations.
Emily Bronte -- Wuthering Heights
His very size invokes them all.
Anthony Doerr -- All the Light We Cannot See
I only invoked what you already knew.
Paulo Coelho -- The Alchemist

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