Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IN-VOKE', v.t. [L. invoco; in and voco, to call; vox, a word.]

1. To address in prayer; to call on for assistance and protection; as, to invoke the Supreme Being. Poets invoke the muses for assistance.
2. To order; to call judicially; as, to invoke depositions or evidence into a court. Wirt.