Illicit vs Invoke - What's the difference?
illicit | invoke |
(legal) Not approved by law, but not invalid.
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, passage = Such migrants may violate our laws against illicit entry, but if that's all they do then they are trespassers, not criminals.
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Breaking social norms.
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, passage = I only can properly enjoy carol services if I am having an illicit affair with someone in the congregation.
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Unlawful.
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, passage = Ay?e Erkoç learned long ago that the secret of doing anything illicit in Istanbul is to do it in full public gaze in the clear light of day. No one ever questions the legitimacy of the blatant.
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To call upon (a person, especially a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
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To appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority.
To conjure up with incantations.
To bring about as an inevitable consequence.
To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude.
(computing) To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute.
* C++ lets you invoke an operator function either by calling the function or by using the overloaded operator with its usual syntax. — Stephen Prata.
As an adjective illicit
is (legal) not approved by law, but not invalid.As a verb invoke is
to call upon (a person, especially a god) for help, assistance or guidance.illicit
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The bigamous marriage, while illicit, was not invalid.
Usage notes
Licit and valid are legal terms to be compared, especially in terms of canon law. With bigamy, if there is an innocent party, the innocent party is validly married; the problem is with the guilty party, who has entered into an illegal second marriage without first divorcing the earlier spouse. The marriage is valid in canon law (and often, civil law), but the guilty party goes to jail nonetheless, in that the marriage is illicit (and illegal), and the innocent party routinely receives a fast annulment and the full sympathy of the court. A corollary is that the children born of such unions are inherently legitimate.Synonyms
* criminal * illegal * illegitimate * prohibited * unlawfulinvoke
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Alternative forms
* envokeVerb
(invok)- In certain Christian circles invoking the Bible constitutes irrefutable proof.
- This satanist ritual invokes Beelzebub.
- Blasphemy is taboo as it may invoke divine wrath.
- The envoy invoked the King of Kings's magnanimity to reduce his province's tribute after another draught.
- Interactive programs let the users enter choices and invoke the corresponding routines.