Etymology

invocate

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Today it means: To implore or invoke. Full definition →

Latin invocātus
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  1. Latin · borrowed frominvocātus
  2. English todayinvocate

First attested in 1530; borrowed from Latin invocātus, perfect passive participle of invocō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of invoke.

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