invoke
[verb]
Synonyms:
- call upon, appeal to, beg, beseech, entreat, implore, petition, pray, supplicate
- apply, implement, initiate, put into effect, resort to, use

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

in‧voke AC /ɪnˈvəʊk $ -ˈvoʊk/ verb [transitive] formal
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: French; Origin: invoquer, from Latin invocare, from vocare 'to call']

1. if you invoke a law, rule etc, you say that you are doing something because the law allows or forces you to:
The UN threatened to invoke economic sanctions if the talks were broken off.

2. to make a particular idea, image, or feeling appear in people’s minds by describing an event or situation, or by talking about a person ⇒ evoke:
a painting that invokes images of the Rocky Mountains
During his speech, he invoked the memory of Harry Truman.

3. to use a law, principle, or theory to support your views

4. to operate a computer program

5. to ask for help from someone more powerful than you, especially a god:
St. Genevieve is often invoked against plagues.

6. to make spirits appear by using magic:
invoking the spirits of their ancestors

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲