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invoke
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Medea, by Euripides - (translated by: E.P. Coleridge)
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- NURSE Do ye hear her words, how loudly she adjures Themis, oft invoked, and Zeus, whom men regard as keeper of their oaths?
*invoked = called upon
- loudly, bitterly she calls on the traitor of her marriage bed, her perfidious spouse; by grievous wrongs oppressed she invokes Themis, bride of Zeus, witness of oaths, who brought her unto Hellas, the land that fronts the strand of Asia, o'er the sea by night through ocean's boundless gate.†
invokes = calls upon
- JASON Against the king thou didst invoke an impious curse.†
invoke = call upon
- If thou shouldst break this oath, what curse dost thou invoke upon thyself?†
Definitions:
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(1)
(invoke) to call uponThe 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
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)