📜invoke

verb
/ɪnˈvoʊk/

Meaning

to call upon a higher power, authority, or principle for help, support, or justification

Example Sentences

The lawyer invoked the constitution to defend his client.

Example Expressions

invoke the law

Synonyms

appeal, call upon, cite, summon, request

Antonyms

ignore, dismiss, reject

Collocations

invoke the law, invoke authority, invoke powers, invoke tradition

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