invoke

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

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