## Meanings
1. To mention or refer to something, such as a law or rule, to support your argument.
2. To bring a feeling, image, or memory to someone's mind.
3. To call on a god or spirit for help or protection.
4. To cause a computer program or function to run.

## Examples
- The lawyer invoked an old law to defend her client.
- The old song invoked memories of her childhood.
- The priest invoked the gods to bless the harvest.
- You can invoke the program by typing its name in the terminal.

## Derived Forms
- invokable
- invoker
- invokingly
- misinvoke
- reinvoke
- uninvokable
- uninvoked

## Related Forms
- evoke
- invocate
- invocation
- invocational
- invocatory

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *wekʷ-
- Root: *invoken
- Root: envoquer
- Root: invocō

## Etymology
From Middle English *invoken, envoken, borrowed from Old French envoquer, from Latin invocāre (“to call upon”), itself from in- + vocare (“to call”). Doublet of invocate.

## AI Etymology
Invoke comes from Middle English *invoken, envoken, borrowed from Old French envoquer, from Latin invocāre (“to call upon”), itself from in- + vocare (“to call”). Doublet of invocate. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern verbal form is built from the named base and affix. The historical line also includes *wekʷ- and invocō.

## Topics
- Mind & Cognition
- Verbs of Movement

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