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Definition of "invokes" []

  • Third-person singular simple present indicative form of invoke. (verb)

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Use "invokes" in a sentence
  • "Apologies if the title invokes images of Mr. Spiggott spigot by name, spigot by nature, but as this is the first of three planned trips, might as well do what I can to disambiguate them, as they say."
  • "The very mention of his name invokes his myth and unleashes an insurmountable amount of minutiae about the meaning of every word he ever uttered, wrote, or sang."
  • "While the mere mention of the word invokes the image of suicide bombers in the Western imagination, it's important to bear in mind that the First Intifada began as a non-violent uprising comprised of civil disobedience, strikes, and boycotts of Israeli goods."