Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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invoke

UK /ɪnˈvəʊk/ · US /ɪnˈvoʊk/ verb

Forms invokes invoking invoked envoke

  1. verb (transitive) To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
  2. verb (transitive) To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude. “The envoy invoked the King of Kings's magnanimity to reduce his province's tribute after another drought.”
  3. verb (transitive, nautical, of one ship) To call another ship.
  4. verb (transitive) To call to mind (something) for some purpose.
  5. verb (transitive) To appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority. “In certain Christian circles, invoking the Bible constitutes irrefutable proof.”
  6. verb (transitive) To conjure up with incantations. “This satanist ritual invokes Beelzebub.”
  7. verb (transitive) To bring about as an inevitable consequence. “Blasphemy is taboo as it may invoke divine wrath.”
  8. verb (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute. “Interactive programs let the users enter choices and invoke the corresponding routines.”

Synonyms

invocate solicit appeal petition signal evoke bring to mind call to mind enmind cite reference summon bring about incite abet actuate goose fuel light a fire under send raise conjure conjure up stir call down arouse bring up put forward call forth

Etymology

From Middle English *invoken, envoken, borrowed from Old French envoquer, from Latin invocāre (“to call upon”), itself from in- + vocare (“to call”). Doublet of invocate.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; as, to invoke the Supreme Being, or to invoke His and blessing.

Etymology [F. invoquer, L. invocare; pref. in- in, on + vocare to call, fr. vox voice. See Voice, and cf. Invocate.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “invoke”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “invoke” (best matches first).

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