- (of a deity, saint, Muse, etc.) petitioned, prayed to, or called upon for help or aid: On all four sides of the obelisk there are inscriptions associating the invoked deities with the cardinal points of the compass.
- prayed or asked for with earnest desire: Many drivers who have miraculously escaped from car accidents credit the invoked protection of St. Christopher.
- declared to be in effect: While overseas he was detained by local police for allegedly misstating his company's registered assets—a rarely invoked charge.
- appealed to or mentioned, as for confirmation or justification: This logic of caution is most recognizable in the often invoked slogan that “risk management is good business.”
- (of a spirit) called forth or summoned by incantation: The initiation ritual is a one-to-one encounter with an initiator, who acts as agent for the invoked powers in the spirit world.
- displayed, opened, or executed as a result of clicking on a link, entering a search term, changing a parameter, etc.: If you click on the Back arrow, the invoked view will replace the current view in the navigation history.
- caused or brought about by a certain thing or in a certain way (often used in combination): The report ignored the millions of refugees fleeing the recent military-invoked escalation of violence in the region.
- the simple past tense and past participle of invoke.
