WordReference English-Dutch Dictionary © 2025:
| Voornaamste vertalingen |
| invoke [sth/sb]⇒ vtr | (summon) | oproepen, bezweren overg. ww |
| | The spell was intended to invoke a demon, but it didn't. |
| invoke [sth]⇒ vtr | figurative (conjure up) (figuurlijk) | oproepen overg.ww |
| | The poem invoked powerful feelings. |
| invoke [sth] vtr | (rule, etc.: apply) | inroepen, toepassen overg. ww |
| | For a society to function, we must invoke the law. |
| invoke [sth/sb]⇒ vtr | (call upon: to help) | afsmeken overg.ww |
| | In his anger against those who had vandalized his church, the priest invoked the wrath of heaven. |
| invoke [sth/sb] to do [sth] v expr | (call upon to act) | een beroep doen op iemand onoverg.uitdr. |
| | The young family's sad plight invoked us to come to their aid. |