verb
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To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
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To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude.
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The envoy invoked the King of Kings's magnanimity to reduce his province's tribute after another drought.
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To call to mind (something) for some purpose.
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To appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority.
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In certain Christian circles, invoking the Bible constitutes irrefutable proof.
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To conjure up with incantations.
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This satanist ritual invokes Beelzebub.
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To bring about as an inevitable consequence.
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Blasphemy is taboo as it may invoke divine wrath.
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To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute.
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Interactive programs let the users enter choices and invoke the corresponding routines.