invokes

Meaning of invokes

verb
  1. To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
  2. 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.
  3. To call to mind (something) for some purpose.
  4. To appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority.
    In certain Christian circles, invoking the Bible constitutes irrefutable proof.
  5. To conjure up with incantations.
    This satanist ritual invokes Beelzebub.
  6. To bring about as an inevitable consequence.
    Blasphemy is taboo as it may invoke divine wrath.
  7. To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute.
    Interactive programs let the users enter choices and invoke the corresponding routines.

Information about invokes

  • It is a verb.
  • The singular form of invokes is: invoke.
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Hyphenation of invokes

in-vokes

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • invokes is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

invokes synonyms

Meaning :

appeal, cite, reference, incite, call, execute, launch, run, petition, solicit, invocate

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