invoke
invoke is a 6-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; as, to invoke the Supreme Being, or to invoke His and blessing. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; as, to invoke the Supreme Being, or to invoke His and blessing.
- verb. request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection
"appeal to somebody for help"
"Invoke God in times of trouble"
- verb. cite as an authority; resort to
"He invoked the law that would save him"
"I appealed to the law of 1900"
- verb. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
"raise the specter of unemployment"
"he conjured wild birds in the air"
Synonyms
appeal, arouse, conjure, evoke, raise, stir
Common word forms
invoked, invoker, invokes, invoking
Words from these letters
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