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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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INTUITIVELY
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
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