different between evocate vs invocation

English

Etymology

From Latin ?voc?re, present active infinitive of ?voc?.

Verb

evocate (third-person singular simple present evocates, present participle evocating, simple past and past participle evocated)

1. (rare) To evoke
2. To call up

Italian

Verb

evocate

1. second-person plural present indicative of evocare
2. second-person plural imperative of evocare
3. feminine plural of evocato

Latin

Verb

?voc?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ?voc?

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French invocacion, from Latin invocatio, invocationem.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

invocation (countable and uncountable, plural invocations)

1. The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being, especially prayer offered to a divine being.
2. (chiefly law) A call or summons, especially a judicial call, demand, or order.

3. (law) An act of invoking or claiming a legal right.
4. (programming) The act of invoking something, such as a function call.

Derived terms

• invocational

Related terms

• invoke

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French invocacion, borrowed from Latin invoc?ti?nem, accusative form of invoc?ti?.

Pronunciation

Noun

invocation f (plural invocations)

1. invocation

Related terms

• invoquer

Further reading

• “invocation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).