invocare
to invoke
verb een-voh-KAH-reh Less Common
Origin: Latin invocare, from in- + vocare, to call
Also means
to call upon
Usage Note
Invocare is used in legal contexts (invocare un diritto = to invoke a right) and religious ones (invocare Dio = to call upon God). It follows regular -are conjugation. Note the c stays hard throughout because it precedes a/o/u in all its forms.
Examples
"L'avvocato ha invocato il diritto al silenzio."
Natural Translation
The lawyer invoked the right to silence.
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