INVO'KE, verb transitive [Latin invoco; in and voco, to call; vox, a word.] 1. To address in prayer; to call on for assistance and protection; as, to invoke the Supreme Being. Poets invoke the muses for assistance. 2. To order; to call judicially; as, to invoke depositions or evidence into a court.
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