invoke
US /ɪnˈvok/
・UK /ɪn'vəʊk/
B1
v.t.Transitive VerbTo appeal for help/protection to higher authority
If you arrest the illegal immigrants, they'll invoke their country's help
v.t.Transitive VerbTo use a law, concept, or right to achieve a goal
He had to invoke the right to a fair trial
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7 Things You Didn't Know About Valentine's Day | History Countdown
- golden ones to strike overwhelming love and lead ones to invoke hate.
golden ones to strike overwhelming love and lead ones to invoke hate.
- and lead ones to invoke hate.
and lead ones to invoke hate.
Curfew begins in LA as California governor attacks Trump for 'inflaming' protests | BBC News
- Well, frankly, there is quite a bit of precedent that gives the president the power to invoke, for example, the Insurrection Act.
Well, frankly, there is quite a bit of precedent that gives the president the power to invoke, for example, the Insurrection Act.
- Well, frankly, there is quite a bit of precedent that gives a president the power to invoke, for example, the Insurrection Act.
Well, frankly, there is quite a bit of precedent that gives a president the power to invoke, for example, the Insurrection Act.
Apple WWDC 2024: Everything Revealed in 12 Minutes
- And you can even use the action button on iPhone 15 Pro to invoke these new controls. So this year, we're giving you a new way to protect sensitive apps and the information inside them by letting you lock an app.
And you can even use the action button on iPhone 15 Pro to invoke these new controls. So this year, we're giving you a new way to protect sensitive apps and the information inside them by letting you lock an app.
- And you can even use the Action button on iPhone 15 Pro to invoke these new controls.
And you can even use the Action button on iPhone 15 Pro to invoke these new controls.
Why the South China Sea is a time bomb
- reiterated its support for the Philippines, and the Philippines clarified that it would not invoke the treaty.
reiterated its support for the Philippines, and the Philippines clarified that it would not invoke the treaty.
- And the Philippines clarified that it would not invoke the treaty.
And the Philippines clarified that it would not invoke the treaty.
BREAK A LEG Meaning in English | Very short English lesson
- Perversely, people didn't like to wish a fellow actor good luck because they thought it would invoke or bring about bad luck, so they decided to come up with a phrase that would be the opposite.
Perversely, people didn't like to wish a fellow actor good luck because they thought it would invoke or bring about bad luck, so they decided to come up with a phrase that would be the opposite.
- Perversely, people didn't like to wish a fellow actor good luck because they thought it would invoke or bring about bad luck, so they decided to come up with a phrase that would be the opposite.
Perversely, people didn't like to wish a fellow actor good luck because they thought it would invoke or bring about bad luck, so they decided to come up with a phrase that would be the opposite.
Why People Really Walk Faster In Cities - Cheddar Explores
- It, therefore, seems unnecessary to invoke other factors in addition to age composition to explain differences in average walking speeds of pedestrians." Meaning people move faster in cities because that's just where the youthful legs are.
It, therefore, seems unnecessary to invoke other factors in addition to age composition to explain differences in average walking speeds of pedestrians." Meaning people move faster in cities because that's just where the youthful legs are.
- It, therefore, seems unnecessary to invoke other factors in addition
It, therefore, seems unnecessary to invoke other factors in addition
Why women should FAST differently than men… | Exercise & Nutrition Scientist Dr Stacy Sims
- It wasn't kosher for women to have a lot of muscles. We see, like I grew up in the nineties with the supermodels that were super skinny, right? And it wasn't kosher for women to be in the gym lifting weights, but we're seeing this evolution change. And so we're starting to see more research come out in women in resistance training. And it's so imperative for body composition change to invoke that resistance training.
It wasn't kosher for women to have a lot of muscles. We see, like I grew up in the nineties with the supermodels that were super skinny, right? And it wasn't kosher for women to be in the gym lifting weights, but we're seeing this evolution change. And so we're starting to see more research come out in women in resistance training. And it's so imperative for body composition change to invoke that resistance training.
- And it's so imperative for body composition change to invoke that resistance training.
And it's so imperative for body composition change to invoke that resistance training.
Trump's Epstein Coverup Fails As House Subpoenas Files | DOJ Meets Ghislaine Maxwell | Can't Stop AI
- I'd like to invoke the entire Constitution, the Magna Carta, the Napoleonic Code, and just to cover my bases, let's throw in the entire Cheesecake Factory menu.
I'd like to invoke the entire Constitution, the Magna Carta, the Napoleonic Code, and just to cover my bases, let's throw in the entire Cheesecake Factory menu.
- their response is, "I'd like to invoke the entire Constitution, the Magna Carta, the Napoleonic Code, and
their response is, "I'd like to invoke the entire Constitution, the Magna Carta, the Napoleonic Code, and
Why Does My Brain Sleep?
- And so this idea, this misplaced idea that you can sort of learn to cope with it or that there is a biological safety net that you can invoke at certain times doesn't seem to be necessarily true.
And so this idea, this misplaced idea that you can sort of learn to cope with it or that there is a biological safety net that you can invoke at certain times doesn't seem to be necessarily true.
- And so this idea, this misplaced idea that you can sort of learn to cope with it or that there is a biological safety net that you can invoke at certain times doesn't seem to be necessarily true.
And so this idea, this misplaced idea that you can sort of learn to cope with it or that there is a biological safety net that you can invoke at certain times doesn't seem to be necessarily true.
Cosmic Sexy Time, Eggs, Seeds, and Water: Crash Course World Mythology #3
- But for the rest of us, it probably makes sense that a lot of cosmic creation myths often invoke sexual reproduction.
But for the rest of us, it probably makes sense that a lot of cosmic creation myths often invoke sexual reproduction.
- But for the rest of us, it probably makes sense that a lot of cosmic creation myths often invoke sexual reproduction.
But for the rest of us, it probably makes sense that a lot of cosmic creation myths often invoke sexual reproduction.