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Invoked Invoke Principle Famous Person Refer Order Support

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If you i_____ something such as a principle, a saying, or a famous person, you refer to them in order to support your argument .If you invoke something such as a principle, a saying, or a famous person, you refer to them in order to support your argument .
He invoked memories of Britain's near-disastrous disarmament in the 1930s.
word invoke
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verb
If you invoke a law, you state that you are taking a particular action because that law allows or tells you to.
The judge invoked an international law that protects refugees.
If you invoke something such as a principle, a saying, or a famous person, you refer to them in order to support your argument .
He invoked memories of Britain's near-disastrous disarmament in the 1930s.
If something such as a piece of music invokes a feeling or an image, it causes someone to have the feeling or to see the image. Many people consider this use to be incorrect .
The music invoked the wide open spaces of the prairies.
If someone invokes a god, they ask the god for help or forgiveness .
The great magicians of old always invoked their gods with sacrifice.
inflections invokesinvokinginvoked
cefr-level C1

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