Invoke

##### in·voke

*tr.v.*; in·voked, in·vok·ing, in·vokes

• To call on (a higher power) for assistance, support, or inspiration: *invoke a deity.*

• To appeal to or cite in support or justification: *invoke historical precedent.*

• To call for earnestly; solicit: *invoke charitable aid.*

• To summon with incantations; conjure: *invoke a spirit.*

• To resort to; use or apply: *invoke the fifth amendment.*

• *Computer Science*: To activate or start: *invoke a subroutine.*

Root: Middle English *envoken*, from Old French *invoquer*, from Latin *invocre*

in·o·ca·tion, *n.*

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##### invo·ker

*n.*

• One who summons.

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Many consider there to be three types of magickal invocation:

• devotion
• calling forth
• ritual drama

Compare with: Evoke