invocate
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- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 8
Definition of invocate
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(rare)To implore or invoke.
“Be thou the tenth Muſe, ten times more in worth / Then thoſe old nine which rimers inuocate, […]”
“[B]oth the muſes and the graces are his hard Miſtriſſes, though he daily Invocate them, though he ſacrifize Hecatombs, they ſtil look a ſquint, […]”
“For proof hereof, if Dagon be thy god, / Go to his Temple, invocate his aid”
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verb
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(rare)To implore or invoke.
“Be thou the tenth Muſe, ten times more in worth / Then thoſe old nine which rimers inuocate, […]”
“[B]oth the muſes and the graces are his hard Miſtriſſes, though he daily Invocate them, though he ſacrifize Hecatombs, they ſtil look a ſquint, […]”
“For proof hereof, if Dagon be thy god, / Go to his Temple, invocate his aid”
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(rare)To conjure up or summon.
“Poore key-cold Figure of a holy King, Pale Aſhes of the Houſe of Lancaſter; Thou bloodleſſe Remnant of that Royall Blood, Be it lawfull that I inuocate thy Ghoſt, To heare the Lamentations of poore Anne, Wife to thy Edward, to thy ſlaugthered Sonne, Stab'd by the ſelfeſame hand that made theſe wounds.”
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Etymology
First attested in 1530; borrowed from Latin invocātus, perfect passive participle of invocō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of invoke.
Words you can make from invocate
181 playable · top: CONATIVE (13 pts)
Best play conative 13 points7-letter words
3 words6-letter words
17 words5-letter words
36 words- CAVIE 10 pts
- CIVET 10 pts
- COVEN 10 pts
- COVET 10 pts
- COVIN 10 pts
- EVICT 10 pts
- VATIC 10 pts
- VINCA 10 pts
- VOICE 10 pts
- AVION 8 pts
- ENVOI 8 pts
- NAEVI 8 pts
- NAIVE 8 pts
- NOVAE 8 pts
- OVATE 8 pts
- OVINE 8 pts
- VITAE 8 pts
- ACTIN 7 pts
- ANTIC 7 pts
- CANOE 7 pts
- CANTO 7 pts
- CENTO 7 pts
- COATI 7 pts
- CONTE 7 pts
- COTAN 7 pts
- ENACT 7 pts
- OCEAN 7 pts
- OCTAN 7 pts
- ONCET 7 pts
- ONTIC 7 pts
- TONIC 7 pts
- ATONE 5 pts
- ENTIA 5 pts
- OATEN 5 pts
- TENIA 5 pts
- TINEA 5 pts
4-letter words
57 words- CAVE 9 pts
- COVE 9 pts
- VICE 9 pts
- NAVE 7 pts
- NEVI 7 pts
- NOVA 7 pts
- OVEN 7 pts
- VAIN 7 pts
- VANE 7 pts
- VEIN 7 pts
- VENA 7 pts
- VENT 7 pts
- VETO 7 pts
- VINA 7 pts
- VINE 7 pts
- VINO 7 pts
- VITA 7 pts
- VOTE 7 pts
- ACNE 6 pts
- CAIN 6 pts
- CANE 6 pts
- CANT 6 pts
- CATE 6 pts
- CENT 6 pts
- CIAO 6 pts
- CINE 6 pts
- CION 6 pts
- CITE 6 pts
- COAT 6 pts
- COIN 6 pts
- CONE 6 pts
- CONI 6 pts
- COTE 6 pts
- ETIC 6 pts
- ICON 6 pts
- NICE 6 pts
- ONCE 6 pts
- OTIC 6 pts
- TACE 6 pts
- TACO 6 pts
- AEON 4 pts
- ANTE 4 pts
- ANTI 4 pts
- ETNA 4 pts
- INTO 4 pts
- IOTA 4 pts
- NAOI 4 pts
- NEAT 4 pts
- NITE 4 pts
- NOTA 4 pts
- NOTE 4 pts
- TAIN 4 pts
- TEIN 4 pts
- TIAN 4 pts
- TINE 4 pts
- TOEA 4 pts
- TONE 4 pts
3-letter words
49 words- VAC 8 pts
- AVE 6 pts
- AVO 6 pts
- NAV 6 pts
- OVA 6 pts
- TAV 6 pts
- VAN 6 pts
- VAT 6 pts
- VET 6 pts
- VIA 6 pts
- VIE 6 pts
- VIN 6 pts
- VOE 6 pts
- ACE 5 pts
- ACT 5 pts
- CAN 5 pts
- CAT 5 pts
- CON 5 pts
- COT 5 pts
- ECO 5 pts
- ICE 5 pts
- OCA 5 pts
- TEC 5 pts
- TIC 5 pts
- AIN 3 pts
- AIT 3 pts
- ANE 3 pts
- ANI 3 pts
- ANT 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- EON 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- ION 3 pts
- NAE 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- NIT 3 pts
- NOT 3 pts
- OAT 3 pts
- ONE 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAN 3 pts
- TAO 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIN 3 pts
- TOE 3 pts
- TON 3 pts
2-letter words
18 wordsHooks
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