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Results for: "invoke"

Translating from English to Polish

Translations:

invoke
→ odwoływać się do, wzywać

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


VERB (3)

1. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic;
- Example: "raise the specter of unemployment"
- Example: "he conjured wild birds in the air"
- Example: "call down the spirits from the mountain"
[syn: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth]

2. cite as an authority; resort to;
- Example: "He invoked the law that would save him"
- Example: "I appealed to the law of 1900"
- Example: "She invoked an ancient law"
[syn: invoke, appeal]

3. request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection;
- Example: "appeal to somebody for help"
- Example: "Invoke God in times of trouble"
[syn: appeal, invoke]