English-Thai Dictionary

invoke

VT ก่อให้เกิด  evoke call kor-hai-koed

 

invoke

VT วิงวอน (เทพเจ้า  ขอร้อง  อ้อนวอน  call upon appeal to petition wing-won

 

invoke

VT ี อ้าง (กฎหมาย  ang

 

invoke from

PHRV นำมาซึ่ง  ทำให้เกิด  nam-ma-sueng

 

invoke on

PHRV อ้อนวอน ให้ มี บางสิ่ง (ที่ ลง มาจาก สวรรค์  เกิดขึ้น กับ  ขอร้อง ให้ เกิด (บางสิ่ง  กับ  call down on aon-won-hai-me-bang-sing

 

invoke upon

PHRV อ้อนวอน ให้ มี บางสิ่ง (ที่ ลง มาจาก สวรรค์  เกิดขึ้น กับ  ขอร้อง ให้ เกิด (บางสิ่ง  กับ  call down on aon-won-hai-me-bang-sing

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INVOKE

v.t.[L. 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.

 

INVOKED

pp. Addressed in prayer for aid; called.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INVOKE

In *voke ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invoked; p. pr. & vb. n. Invoking. ]Etym: [F. invoquer, L. invocare; pref. in- in, on + vocare to call, fr. vox voice. See Voice, and cf. Invocate. ]

 

Defn: To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; as, to invoke the Supreme Being, or to invoke His and blessing. Go, my dread lord, to your great grandsire's tomb, ... Invoke his warlike spirit. Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

invoke

in voke |inˈvōk ɪnˈvoʊk | ▶verb [ with obj. ] cite or appeal to (someone or something ) as an authority for an action or in support of an argument: the antiquated defense of insanity is rarely invoked today. • call on (a deity or spirit ) in prayer, as a witness, or for inspiration. • call earnestly for: she invoked his help against this attack. • summon (a spirit ) by charms or incantation. • give rise to; evoke: how could she explain how the accident happened without invoking his wrath? • Computing cause (a procedure ) to be carried out. DERIVATIVES in vok er noun ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from French invoquer, from Latin invocare, from in- ‘upon ’ + vocare ‘to call. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

invoke

invoke |ɪnˈvəʊk | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 call on (a deity or spirit ) in prayer, as a witness, or for inspiration. • summon (a spirit ) by charms or incantation. 2 cite or appeal to (someone or something ) as an authority for an action or in support of an argument: the antiquated defence of insanity is rarely invoked in England. • call earnestly for: she invoked his help against this attack. • give rise to; evoke: how could she explain how the accident happened without invoking his wrath? 3 Computing cause (a procedure ) to be carried out. DERIVATIVES invoker noun ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from French invoquer, from Latin invocare, from in- ‘upon ’ + vocare ‘to call ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

invoke

invoke verb 1 he invoked his statutory rights: cite, refer to, adduce, instance; resort to, have recourse to, turn to. 2 I invoked the Madonna: appeal to, pray to, call on, supplicate, entreat, solicit, beg, implore; literary beseech. 3 invoking spirits: summon, call (up ), conjure (up ).

 

Oxford Thesaurus

invoke

invoke verb 1 he invoked his statutory right to complain to the district auditor: cite, refer to, adduce, instance; resort to, have recourse to, turn to, call into use, use, put into effect /use. ANTONYMS waive. 2 I closed my eyes and invoked the Madonna: pray to, call on, appeal to, plead with, supplicate, entreat, solicit, beseech, beg, implore, importune, petition; call for, request; rare obtest, obsecrate, impetrate. 3 she was walking in a circle as though invoking the spirits of the place: summon, call (up ), bring, conjure (up ). 4 middle-class moralities invoke peculiar anxieties: bring forth, bring on, elicit, induce, cause, kindle, bring out.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

invoke

in voke /ɪnvóʊk /動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠1 〈法など 〉を (正当性に基づいて )発動 [行使 ]する ; 〈法など 〉に訴える, 頼る .2 (権威 論拠として )〈法 原則 人など 〉を援用する, 引き合いに出す .3 〈感情 情景など 〉を想起させる, 呼び起こす .4 〈神の救済など 〉を «…にもたらすよう » 懇願 [嘆願 ]する «on , upon » ; ｟文 ｠〈神 詩神 〉に (加護などを )訴える, 祈願する .5 〈霊など 〉を (魔法などで )呼び出す .