invoke
- Verb. (transitive) To call upon (a person, especially a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
- Verb. (transitive) To appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority.
- Verb. (transitive) To conjure up with incantations.
- Verb. (transitive) To bring about as an inevitable consequence.
- Verb. (transitive) To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude.
- Verb. (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute.
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