to invoke

Examples

• All

• They're invoking their gods to give them the best of the bargain.

  Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)

• Spirit, I invoke you to make an appearance.

  Grave Encounters (2011)

• In order to invoke the spirit of their God.

  The Amityville Asylum (2013)

• Now, tell me the words that invoke your protective power.

  The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)

• Um, invoke the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King.

  Bamboozled (2000)

• All that remains now is to return to the waterfall and invoke this spell, tonight.

  The Smurfs (2011)

• I invoke thee on thy sacred name.

  Witchouse III: Demon Fire (2001)

• Both men and women traditionally invoked their dead relatives for help in hunting.

  Academic text (1992)

• I thought to begin well by invoking the protection of Saint Clement.

  Fiction book (2000)

• We invoke the spirit of the ancestors during the ceremony to seek their guidance.

Synonyms

C

to call

vsto invoke

• Formal

∞ 2.0

To ask people to say if they are present

is a ritual request to spirits or deities rather than an official summons

C

to conjure

vsto invoke

126 7.9

To make something appear as if by magic

involves formally asking spirits or deities for help or presence

A

to appeal

vsto invoke

100 2.7

To make a serious request for help or support

uses prayer or ritual to seek spirits' or deities' help rather than general pleading

R

to raise

vsto invoke

• Literature

68 9.1

To cause a spirit or dead person to come, often by magic

focuses on calling on spirits or deities through ritual or prayer

C

to conjure up

vsto invoke

40 6.2

To bring a memory to mind or make something seem to appear by magic

aims specifically to call on spirits or deities for help

C

to call forth

vsto invoke

7 4.9

Cause a feeling or reaction to appear in people

focuses on requesting spirits or deities to appear or assist

E

to evoke

vsto invoke

6 6.0

To call up a spirit or make something appear as if by magic

is a literal request to spirits or deities rather than producing images

C

to call down

vsto invoke

• Literature

9.2

Ask a spirit or magic power to come and act

is specifically about asking spirits or deities through prayer or ritual

Antonyms

I

to ignore

∞ 1.0

Choose not to pay attention to someone or something

D

to dismiss

332 3.0

To refuse to accept an idea or claim

How Supernatural

to conjure

126 7.9

to invoke

23 7.7

to pray

∞ 1.0

to summon

• Formal

200 5.3

to call

• Formal

∞ 2.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology