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Definition of: invoke
(in·vōk′) v.t. ·voked, ·vok·ing
1. To call on for aid, protection, etc.; address, as in prayer.
2. To call for, as in supplication: to invoke a blessing.
3. To summon or conjure by incantation, as evil spirits.
4. To appeal to for confirmation; quote as an authority. See synonyms under PRAY. [<F invoquer <L invocare call upon <in- on + vocare call]
—in·vok′er noun
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