Topic: COMPUTERS
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| Date: | 1400-1500 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | invoquer, from Latin invocare, from vocare 'to call' |
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in‧voke
[transitive] formal
[transitive] formal1 if you invoke a law, rule etc, you say that you are doing something because the law allows or forces you to : 
The UN threatened to invoke economic sanctions if the talks were broken off.
The UN threatened to invoke economic sanctions if the talks were broken off.2 to make a particular idea, image, or feeling appear in people's minds by describing an event or situation, or by talking about a person [↪ evoke]: a painting that invokes images of the Rocky Mountains During his speech, he invoked the memory of Harry Truman.
a painting that invokes images of the Rocky MountainsDuring his speech, he invoked the memory of Harry Truman.3SCLP to use a law, principle, or theory to support your views
4TD to operate a computer program
5RR to ask for help from someone more powerful than you, especially a god : St. Genevieve is often invoked against plagues.
St. Genevieve is often invoked against plagues.6ROM to make spirits appear by using magic : invoking the spirits of their ancestors
invoking the spirits of their ancestors
