INVOKE

invoke

Verb

  1. To call upon (a person, especially a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
  2. To appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority.
    In certain Christian circles invoking the Bible constitutes irrefutable proof.
  3. To conjure up with incantations.
    This satanist ritual invokes Beelzebub.
  4. To bring about as an inevitable consequence.
    Blasphemy is taboo as it may invoke divine wrath.
  5. To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude.
    The envoy invoked the King of Kings's magnanimity to reduce his province's tribute after another draught.
  6. To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute.
    Interactive programs let the users enter choices and invoke the corresponding routines.


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