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invoking

verb
Sayin-VOHK-ingUS/ɪnˈvoʊkɪŋ/UK/ɪnˈvəʊkɪŋ/

1 meaning of invoking

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle of invoke.

    The lawyer kept invoking precedent to support her case.

    Invoking the emergency clause let the council act within hours.

    Note

    One spelling does two jobs. It is the participle in a progressive verb (she was invoking the saints) and the gerund that heads a noun phrase (invoking a higher authority settled nothing). Every meaning of invoke takes a direct object, so the -ing form nearly always arrives with one attached: a god called on for help, a favorable hearing, a cited authority, a spirit conjured by incantation, even another ship being hailed.

invoking 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

Forms
invokeinvokes he/she/itinvoking -ing forminvoked past tense, past participle
Spelling
invoke → invoking: drop the e, add -ing

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