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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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