• v.
    ⦿cite as an authority; resort to
    lexical concept
  • He invoked the law that would save him
  • I appealed to the law of 1900
  • She invoked an ancient law

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechverb
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:appeal
  2. enl:invoke
wn:interlingual indexili:i26699

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skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:labelappealinvoke