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Meanings of invoke in English

Spanish
exponer

Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic.

      exponer
      Portuguese
      invocar
      Catalan
      requerir
      Spanish
      requerir

      Request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection.

            invocar
            Usage of invoke in English
            1
            However, prosecutions are unlikely given that embassy staff can invoke diplomatic immunity.
            The Irish Times
            2
            As in 'I invoke my rights as guaranteed under the Fifth Amendment'?
            Beginnings
            3
            It was not immediately clear whether Volkswagen would invoke such a defense.
            Reuters
            4
            I must go to bed, and invoke the Muses in the morning.
            Yesterdays with Authors
            5
            Every morning and evening they must be performed to invoke her pleasure.
            The heretic queen
            6
            You're a judge, there must be some law you can invoke -
            The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
            7
            Allergan has said it will not invoke tribal immunity in federal courts.
            Reuters
            8
            A state as we have seen, may invoke the idea of service.
            Creative Impulse in Industry: A Proposition for Educators
            9
            Let us invoke the twisted spirits of the night to assist us.
            Halo
            10
            We don't even have to invoke the failures of the communist economies.
            23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism
            11
            And I thought I knew the names to invoke to get it.
            Storm front
            12
            John Clarke had no need to invoke them -he exemplified them.
            The Guardian
            13
            And those whom ye invoke besides Him have not the least power.
            Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side
            14
            There was no protecting arm of the law for me to invoke.
            Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself
            15
            I want to invoke the 'binders full of women' from Mitt Romney.
            The Guardian
            16
            Can we instead allow this event, finally, to invoke some deep questioning?
            The Guardian
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            Translations for invoke
            Portuguese
            invocar
            Catalan
            requerir
            Invoke through the time
            Invoke across language varieties
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