Dictionary Entry
invoked
Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/in-vohkst/Word FrequencyCommon (4.46)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
In a Sentence
“Students can use invoked to explain To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance..”
Published Usage Examples
“To this day, whenever a spectacle is released that combines panache and visual wonder, his is the name invoked as a comparison.”
“A dispensation from such an irregularity is the more difficult to obtain in proportion to the falsity of the title invoked or the employment of violence in entering on the benefice.”
This entry also appears in ReadingWillow Year 12 word lists, so students can move between the dictionary and year-level study sets.
Origin
From Latin invocare ‘to call upon’, via Old French.
Common Phrases
Poetry examples for “invoked”
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