invocation
noun/ˌɪnvəˈkeɪʃn/
/ˌɪnvəˈkeɪʃn/
[uncountable, countable]- (formal) the act of asking for help, from a god or from a person in authority; the act of referring to something or of calling for something to appear see also invoke
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- (computing) the act of making a particular function start
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin invocatio(n-), from the verb invocare, from in- ‘upon’ + vocare ‘to call’.
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