Verb

(invok)

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.

In certain Christian circles invoking the Bible constitutes irrefutable proof.

To conjure up with incantations.

This satanist ritual invokes Beelzebub.

To bring about as an inevitable consequence.

Blasphemy is taboo as it may invoke divine wrath.

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.

(computing) To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute.

Interactive programs let the users enter choices and invoke the corresponding routines.

* C++ lets you invoke an operator function either by calling the function or by using the overloaded operator with its usual syntax. — Stephen Prata.

Verb

(provok)

to cause someone to become annoyed or angry.

Don't provoke the dog; it may try to bite you.

* Bible, Eph. vi. 4

Ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath.

to bring about a reaction.

* J. Burroughs

To the poet the meaning is what he pleases to make it, what it provokes in his own soul.

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(obsolete) To appeal.

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