| 单词 |
invocate |
| 释义 |
invocate, v. Now rare.|ˈɪnvəkeɪt|
[f. L. invocāt-, ppl. stem of invocāre to invoke. The pa. pple. invocate, first used, was ad. L. invocāt-us.]
1. trans. = invoke.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 219 b, Thy holy name is inuocate & named vpon vs. 1537Inst. Chr. Man, Creed Art. vi. 45 Whensoever I do invocate and call upon him [Christ] in right faith and hope. c1600Shakes. Sonn. xxxviii, Be thou the tenth Muse, ten times more in worth Then those old nine which rimers inuocate. 1738Wesley Ps. xviii. ii, Still will I invocate his Name. 1848Keble Serm. x. 272 That offering for sin..which the Holy Spirit, duly invocated, descends upon.
†2. intr. To make invocation; to call in prayer (on or upon). Obs.
1582N. T. (Rhem.) Acts vii. 59 They stoned Stephen invocating, and saying: Lord Iesus, receive my spirit. 1593Drayton Idea 535 Some call on Heaven, some invocate on Hell. 1601Holland Pliny II. 297 We obserue a peculiar adoration, and inuocat vpon the Greekish goddesse of vengeance Nemesis. 1638Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2) 256 After that houre to daybreak tis held an ungodly thing to invocate. 1802H. Martin Helen of Glenross IV. 255 With the shriek of madness she invocated.
Hence ˈinvocated ppl. a.; ˈinvocating vbl. n.
1585–7T. Rogers 39 Art. (1607) 226 In these days protestant churches utterly condemn the invocating of, or praying unto, any creatures whatsoever. 1671Milton Samson 575 Till..oft-invocated death Hasten the welcome end of all my pains. 1746Smollett Reproof 200 Peace to that gentle soul that could deny His invocated voice to fill the cry. |
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