verb
- Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic.
- usage: "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
- synonyms: raise, conjure, conjure up, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth
- Cite as an authority; resort to.
- usage: "He invoked the law that would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She invoked an ancient law"
- synonyms: appeal
- Request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection.
- usage: "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in times of trouble"
- synonyms: appeal
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