INVOCATE

Etymology

Verb

invocate (third-person singular simple present invocates, present participle invocating, simple past and past participle invocated)

To invoke or implore

To summon or conjure up

Anagrams

• Caviteño, conative

Source: Wiktionary


In"vo*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invocated; p. pr. & vb. n. Invocating.] Etym: [L. invocatus, p. p. of invocare. See Invoke.]

Definition: To invoke; to call on, or for, in supplication; to implore. If Dagon be thy god, Go to his temple, invocate his aid. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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