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To call upon for assistance or protection.

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Usage examples (32)
  • There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control.
  • Not only does that title invoke Tyra Banks, Beyonce is starting to look like Tyra ...
  • Next, call the invoke method from the psbase object, and invoke the
  • I also see Shayn (and doesn't that name invoke a Western?) as a kind of Lone Ranger.
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