invoke, v.
(invoked, invokes, invoking)
freq. cnt. 10
(invoked, invokes, invoking)
freq. cnt. 10
summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
<verb.creation> freq. cnt.: 24 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
arouse bring up call down call forth conjure conjure up evoke invoke put forward raise stir
sample sentences
"raise the specter of unemployment""he conjured wild birds in the air"
"call down the spirits from the mountain"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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hyponym
verb group
hypernym
cite as an authority; resort to
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4
appeal invoke
sample sentences
"He invoked the law that would save him""I appealed to the law of 1900"
"She invoked an ancient law"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
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hypernym
request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
appeal invoke
sample sentences
"appeal to somebody for help""Invoke God in times of trouble"
verb frames
Something ----s to somebodyverb frames
Something ----s to somebody
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