invoke
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
raise the specter of unemployment
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- conjuring derivation
- summoning derivation
- conjuration derivation
- invocation derivation
- conjurer derivation
- call forth verb group
Sense 2 verb
cite as an authority; resort to
He invoked the law that would save him
Types & categories
- mention hypernym
Sense 3 verb
request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection
appeal to somebody for help
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- invocation derivation
- appeal derivation
- invocation derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | conjuring |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | summoning |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | conjuration |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | invocation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | conjurer |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | call forth |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | create |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | damn |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bless |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | mention |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | invocation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | appeal |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | invocation |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | request |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | plead |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | call on |