invoke
sembah
definition
verb
the antiquated defense of insanity is rarely invoked today
cite or appeal to (someone or something) as an authority for an action or in support of an argument.
example
Say, does someone around here knows anything about the Maori dance to 'invoke' the [spirit/soul/strength] of your ancestors?
In Wicca, we also 'invoke' deities into our circles.
Back then the same arguments were used to 'invoke' the people to vote, the same grim scenario of a hardliner-dominated regime who would stifle all the progress made were told and retold again and again.
Berrigan and Charnov 'invoke' field data supporting such a correlation, but they call the appearance of a tradeoff between these two parameters a major puzzle.
Finally, based on our relation with the master and the wisdom deity, we also 'invoke' the assistance of the dharma protectors, who embody action principles of awareness.
Can I use a Java application instead of a JSP (JavaServer Page) to 'invoke' a servlet on an application server?
The dangri's role is to 'invoke' the local protective Deities who enter into and occupy the body of the dhami.
I continue to 'invoke' the Holy Spirit; I rely on the Word.
It will also be able to add quietly and effectively to its own wealth and to the wealth of its favorite groups, and without incurring the wrath that taxes often 'invoke' .
In support of this claim, they 'invoke' the archaic Greeks, often citing Hesiod's Works and Days, among other classical sources.
To 'invoke' a deity, power, or spirit is to allow yourself to become a ‘tube’ that passes energy and wisdom though your body so that others may receive it.
It is believed that the word samba is derived from a West African Bantu word, meaning to pray or 'invoke' the spirits of their ancestors.
I think the whole question of whether certain spiritual practices or philosophies inevitably lead you to 'invoke' a particular spirit is the one that's crucial to me.
To make exclusions - to excuse the invaders - is to 'invoke' a moral difference argument, which I don't believe a democracy can tolerate.
And those who support the penalty readily 'invoke' the wishes of the grieving mother who cries out for the blood of her baby's killer.
Religious services were held at sunrise - part of the priest's duty being to 'invoke' the planetary deity of the day.
Solomon 'invokes' the term ‘stakeholder’ to dismiss Friedman's argument that the ethical responsibilities of business stop with stockholders.
The author 'invokes' the strength of medical authority to his denial of the negative impact on health intrinsic to the operation of such a smelter.
Many of the lefty bloggers have lately been pursuing one of their persuasion's favourite follies: selecting a congenial conclusion and then 'invoking' spurious science to support it.
As a connoisseur, he considers himself equal to ‘the great seers, the 'invokers' and encouragers of beauty’.
The question is the wisdom of proceeding without U.N. authority where we have 'invoked' the resolutions of the U.N. as the basis for an attack.
It is a reflection of the degradation of public debate that political and medical authorities are now reduced to 'invoking' the simplistic morality of children to make them feel good about themselves.
Dana's attorneys did try to make this argument, 'invoking' a federal statute that allows damages awards for constitutional rights violations.
However Stephen Matthews lost some support when he 'invoked' the women's suffrage movement.
Sir Rabbie Namaliu 'invoking' the bygones be bygones argument says hammering out the agreement was a matter of discussion.
In the fervent chant of prayers, this energy rises to join with the prayers of thousands of other voices 'invoking' the Goddess Liberty.
Moral indignation was 'invoked' to support the violation.
Since the attack, Canadian authorities have 'invoked' the threat of terrorism to justify a clamp down on protests that extends well beyond Kananaskis County.
It becomes, in one, his mistress, a deity to be 'invoked' , and the source of poetic madness.
If Christ is the one mediator, what place is there for 'invoking' the Blessed Virgin in prayer?
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