different between exhort vs invoke
exhort
English
Etymology
From Old French exhorter, from Latin exhortor (“encourage”), from ex (“out of, from”) + hortor (“incite, spur”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???z??t/, /???z??t/
- Rhymes: -??(r)t
- Hyphenation: ex?hort
Verb
exhort (third-person singular simple present exhorts, present participle exhorting, simple past and past participle exhorted)
- To urge; to advise earnestly.
- Synonyms: counsel, implore; see also Thesaurus:advise
- Antonyms: dehort, dissuade
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invoke
English
Alternative forms
- envoke (archaic or nonstandard)
Etymology
From Middle English *invoken, envoken, borrowed from Old French envoquer, from Latin invoc?re (“to call upon”), itself from in- +? vocare (“to call”). Doublet of invocate.
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: in'v?k, IPA(key): /?n?vo?k/
Verb
invoke (third-person singular simple present invokes, present participle invoking, simple past and past participle invoked)
- (transitive) To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
- (transitive) To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude.
- (transitive) To call to mind (something) for some purpose.
- (transitive) To appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority.
- 1969, Philip Ziegler, The Black Death, Folio Society 2007, p. 21:
- He invoked cadaveric poisoning as the reason for the high death rate among priests and monks […]
- 1969, Philip Ziegler, The Black Death, Folio Society 2007, p. 21:
- (transitive) To conjure up with incantations.
- (transitive) To bring about as an inevitable consequence.
- (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute.
Synonyms
- (to call upon): invocate (obsolete)
- (appeal for validation): cite, reference, appeal
- (bring about): bring about, incite; see also Thesaurus:incite
- (petition for): solicit, appeal, petition
- (computing, cause a program or subroutine to execute): call, execute, launch, run
Derived terms
- invoker
- invokable
- uninvokable
Related terms
- invocate
- invocation
- invocational
- invocatory
Translations
Further reading
- invoke in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- invoke in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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