invoking
Citing as authority
Invoking is calling upon something for aid, support, or authority.
You invoke a deity in prayer, invoke the Fifth Amendment to avoid self-incrimination, or invoke someone's name to lend weight to an argument: She kept invoking her father's legacy.
In computing, invoking a function or command means executing it.
The word carries a sense of summoning—bringing something powerful into the present situation.
Performing magical illusions
- summoningCalling forth deliberately
- evocationCalling forth to mind
- incantationSpoken magical formula
- spellArrange letters correctly
calling forth · necromancy · sorcery · enchantment · ritualistic · spellcasting · séance · spiritualism
Requesting aid or presence
- entreatyEarnest, urgent request
- supplicationHumble plea for help
- prayerAddress to deity
- intercessionActing on another's behalf
imploring · beseeching · petition · plea · request · solicitation · exhortation · urging
Naming a source
- clauseProvision in agreement
- provisionPreparatory supply or clause
- statuteEnacted written rule
- precedentPrior authoritative example
jurisdiction · contractual · constitutional · rights · amendment · immunity · privilege · defense
Calling into consciousness
- museThink deeply about
- creativityCapacity for original thought
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- channelingDirecting flow or energy
spark · vision · breakthrough · insight · epiphany · ideation · artistic · influence
conjuring
Performing magical illusions
- summoningCalling forth deliberately
- evocationCalling forth to mind
- incantationSpoken magical formula
calling forth · spell · necromancy · sorcery · enchantment · ritualistic · spellcasting · séance · spiritualism · channeling
calling upon
Requesting aid or presence
- entreatyEarnest, urgent request
- supplicationHumble plea for help
- prayerAddress to deity
intercession · imploring · beseeching · petition · plea · request · solicitation · exhortation · urging · adjuration
citing
Naming a source
precedent · jurisdiction · contractual · constitutional · rights · amendment · immunity · privilege · defense · tribunal
evoking
Calling into consciousness
- museThink deeply about
- creativityCapacity for original thought
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
channeling · spark · vision · breakthrough · insight · epiphany · ideation · artistic · influence · tribute
- referringciting, mentioning, alluding, indicating, quoting
- turning toseeking, consulting, deferring, resorting, depending
- pagan ritualsSamhain, Beltane, solstice celebration, full moon ritual, Candlemas
- contactingcalling, phoning, texting, emailing, messaging
- highlightingemphasizing, stressing, underscoring, accenting, accentuating
- pleadingpleading, begging, beseeching, imploring, entreating
invokingdismissing
Removing from position
ignoring · disregarding · rejecting · waiving · repudiating
invokingwaiving
Voluntarily abandoning entitlement
revoking · rescinding · suspending · nullifying · voiding
invokingbanishing
Forcing permanent departure
dispelling · exorcising · expelling · repelling · dismissing
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