Invoke

Definition

invoke / Çn'vǝƱk / v ( fml ) ၁။ ကိုးသည္။ မီွျငမ္းသည္။ The government has invoked the Official Secrets Act in having the book banned. ❍ She invokes several eminent scholars to back up her argument. ၂။ (က) တိုင္တည္သည္။ The new President invoked (the name/ memory of) John F. Kennedy in his speech to the nation. (ခ) တိုင္တည္သည္။ invoke evil spirits. ၃။ ပန္ၾကားသည္။ ပင့္ဖိတ္သည္။ ေတာင္းခံသည္။ ဆုေတာင္းသည္။ invoke assistance in a desperate situation ❍ invoke vengeance (up) on one's enemies. ❑ invocation / Çnvǝ'keÇʃn / n [U, C] ~ (to sb) ကိုးကားခ်က္။ တိုင္တည္ျခင္း။ the invocation of human rights ❍ the poet's invocations of / to the Muse.

Examples

1. In extreme situations
2. the police chief may invoke emergency powers.
3. They invoked principles of international law to claim ownership of the sunken ship.
4. Popular art invoked the image of a happy and contented family.
5. The situation was invoking fears of another Vietnam-type entanglement.
6. Prayers invoking divine protection