Definitions
request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection
Word origin
From Middle English *invoken, envoken, borrowed from Old French envoquer, from Latin invocāre (“to call upon”), itself from in- + vocare (“to call”). Doublet of invocate.
Used in a sentence
“The envoy invoked the King of Kings's magnanimity to reduce his province's tribute after another drought.”
“Whatever the pressures that have invoked the Minister's diktat, the outcome is Gilbertian.”
“After marriage, the man had anciently (but this was anterior to Christianity) the power of life and death over his wife. She could invoke no law against him; he was her sole tribunal and law.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Appeal to”6 letters
02“Call upon”6 letters
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