| 1. requests help or protection (from a deity); summon a spirit through witchcraft; request, make an appeal; pray; activate a command, cause a certain action (Computers). invokein*voke , v. t. [imp. & p. p. invoked ; p. pr. & vb. n. invoking.] [f. invoquer, l. invocare; pref. in- in, on + vocare to call, fr. vox voice. see: voice, and cf. invocate.] 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. go, my dread lord, to your great grandsire's tomb, invoke his warlike spirit.invoke v |
