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verb (v)

• summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic(verb.creation)

  Synonym:
  arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, put forward, raise, stir
  

  source: wordnet30
• cite as an authority; resort to(verb.communication)

  Example:
  He invoked the law that would save him.
  She invoked an ancient law.
  

  Synonym:
  appeal
  

  source: wordnet30
• request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection(verb.communication)

  Example:
  Invoke God in times of trouble.
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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.(verb)

  source: webster1913