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invocate

verb

Etymology

First attested in 1530; borrowed from Latin invocātus, perfect passive participle of invocō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of invoke.

  1. borrowed from invocātus

Definitions

  1. To implore or invoke.

    • Be thou the tenth Muſe, ten times more in worth / Then thoſe old nine which rimers inuocate, […]
    • [B]oth the muſes and the graces are his hard Miſtriſſes, though he daily Invocate them, though he ſacrifize Hecatombs, they ſtil look a ſquint, […]
    • For proof hereof, if Dagon be thy god, / Go to his Temple, invocate his aid

  2. To conjure up or summon.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA