invokes
- 1Third-person singular simple present of invoke.
The lawyer invokes a precedent from a century-old case to support her argument.
Whenever the main server fails, the script invokes a backup routine automatically.
Note
Every meaning of the underlying verb is transitive, so this form almost always has an object right behind it: she invokes the saints, the article invokes an authority, a captain invokes another ship. The final e of invoke simply takes the -s, with no change to the stem. Pair it with a singular subject such as a lawyer, the script or it. With I, you, we or they, the bare invoke returns.
invokes is a form of invoke
invoke, verb: To appeal to a named authority or source in order to validate a claim or position. Full entry
- Spelling
- invoke → invokes: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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