English Dictionary

invoke

IPA（発音記号）

/ɪnˈvoʊk/

動詞

他動詞

(transitive) To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance. / (transitive) To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude.

日本語の意味

（神などに）助けや導き、援助を求める / （人に対して）支援や好意的な態度を請う

In times of crisis, the villagers would invoke the old guardian spirit for protection.

危機のとき、村人たちは古い守護霊に保護を願って助けを求めた。

意味（1）

(transitive) To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance.

意味（2）

(transitive) To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude.

The envoy invoked the King of Kings's magnanimity to reduce his province's tribute after another drought.

意味（3）

(transitive) To call to mind (something) for some purpose.

After marriage, the man had anciently (but this was anterior to Christianity) the power of life and death over his wife. She could invoke no law against him; he was her sole tribunal and law.

意味（4）

(transitive) To appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority.

In certain Christian circles, invoking the Bible constitutes irrefutable proof.

意味（5）

(transitive) To conjure up with incantations.

This satanist ritual invokes Beelzebub.

意味（6）

(transitive) To bring about as an inevitable consequence.

Blasphemy is taboo as it may invoke divine wrath.

意味（7）

(transitive, computing) To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute.

Interactive programs let the users enter choices and invoke the corresponding routines.

invokes （ present singular third-person ）

invoking （ participle present ）

invoked （ participle past ）

invoked （ past ）