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Implement and Invoke

noun

  • Instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end.

verb

  • Apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design.
    • usage: "implement a procedure"
  • Ensure observance of laws and rules.
    • usage: "Apply the rules to everyone";
  • Pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue.
    • usage: "Did he go through with the treatment"; "He implemented a new economic plan"; "She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal"

verb

  • Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic.
    • usage: "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
  • Cite as an authority; resort to.
    • usage: "He invoked the law that would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She invoked an ancient law"
  • Request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection.
    • usage: "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in times of trouble"
(v.t.) To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; as, to invoke the Supreme Being or to invoke His and blessing.