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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionaryin·voke \in-ˈvōk\ transitive verb (in·voked ; in·vok·ing) ETYMOLOGY Middle English envoken, from Middle French invoquer, from Latin invocare, from in- + vocare to call, from voc-, vox voice — more at voice DATE 15th century1. a. to petition for help or support b. to appeal to or cite as authority2. to call forth by incantation : conjure3. to make an earnest request for : solicit4. to put into effect or operation : implement5. bring about, cause• in·vok·er nounEnglish Etymologyinvoke 1490, from M.Frhttp://M.Fr. envoquer (12c.), from L. invocare "call upon, implore," from in- "upon" + vocare "to call," related to vox (gen.vocis) "voice" (see voice).Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7invokein·voke / in5vEuk; NAmE in5vouk / verb[VN] 1. ~ sth (against sb) to mention or use a law, rule, etc. as a reason for doing sth 援引,援用(法律、规则等作为行动理由): It is unlikely that libel laws will be invoked. 不大可能诉诸诽谤法。 2. to mention a person, a theory, an example, etc. to support your opinions or ideas, or as a reason for sth 提及,援引(某人、某理论、实例等作为支持): She invoked several eminent scholars to back up her argument. 她援引了几位赫赫有名的学者来支持她的论点。 3. to mention sb's name to make people feel a particular thing or act in a particular way 提出(某人的名字,以激发某种感觉或行动): His name was invoked as a symbol of the revolution. 他的名字被提出作为那次革命的象征。 4. to make a request (for help) to sb, especially a god 向(某人)请求帮助；(尤指)祈求神助5. to make sb have a particular feeling or imagine a particular scene 使产生,唤起,引起(感情或想像) SYN evoke : The opening paragraph invokes a vision of England in the early Middle Ages. 头一段的引言描绘出中世纪前期的英格兰景象。 HELP Some people think this use is not correct. 有些人认为此用法不正确。6. (computing 计) to begin to run a program, etc. 调用；激活: This command will invoke the HELP system. 这条指令将启用"帮助"系统。 7. to make evil appear by using magic 用法术召唤(魔鬼)Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Editionv. Function: verb 1 Synonyms: BEG, appeal, beseech, crave, entreat, implore, importune, plead, pray, supplicate 2 Synonyms: ENFORCE, effect, implementWebster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridgedin·voke\ə̇nˈvōk\ transitive verb(-ed/-ing/-s)Etymology: Middle English invoken, from Middle French invoquer, from Latin invocare, from in- in- (II) + vocare to call, from voc-, vox voice — more at voice1. a. : to petition for help or support : call upon for assistance < the gods had to be invoked to bring rain — T.E.Sanford > < she would invoke the Travelers' Aid Society, and they would assist her in getting a … place to live — Donn Byrne > b. : to appeal to as furnishing authority or motive : propound as a logical basis < racist doctrines are invoked for political ends — Ruth Benedict > < invoke the balance-of-payments difficulties to justify … import prohibitions — Economist > < four theories … invoked by geographers to explain the origin or the areas — S.A.Cain > < imaginary lesions … invoked to account for conditions which had a merely psychogenic origin — R.S.Ellery >2. a. : to call forth by incantation : conjure 2 < spokesmen for the two tribes invoked the spirits of departed … chiefs to tell them they were now as one — Time > < invoke a plague on all their houses — W.L.Sperry > b. : to use (a respected name) to imply endorsement by the owner < more misquotations probably have been attributed to Jefferson than to any other American, because many politicians who invokehis name have read him not at all — L.B.Wright >3. a. : to make an earnest request for : solicit < invoke the board's help in getting his old job back — Dixon Wecter > < the student of genetics invokes the aid of the physicist and biochemist — J.M.Fogg > b. : entreat, implore < invoke mercy > < invoked their forgiveness >4. a. : to call for (as papers or other evidence) judicially — used chiefly in admiralty prize procedure b. : to put into legal effect or call for the observance of : enforce, implement < invoke the penalties of the law — Albert Mowbray > < military sanctions may be invoked only after economic sanctions have failed — Normal Hill > < invoked the veto six times in the dispute — C.D.Fuller > < invoke a promise > < unhesitatingly invoked the health department's broad powers — Leonard Engel > < because it possesses that right … can usually discipline the majority without invoking its prerogative — Foreign Affairs >5. a. : to introduce or put into operation : instigate, employ < controls alien to … peacetime custom will have to be invoked— Stacy May > < invoke bold visions at a time of unrest — Norman Cousins > < discipline should not be invoked … without first consulting the union — Earl Brown > < alliteration's artful aid is invoked on every page — Irish Digest > b. : to bring about : cause, excite < operations … invoke new problems of administration, maintenance and supply — H.H.Arnold & I.C.Eaker > < stabilizing the regime and invoking social and patriotic fervor — E.P.Snow >

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