| Main Entry: | invoke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | call upon |
Synonyms: |
adjure, appeal to, beg, beseech, call forth, conjure, crave, entreat, implore, importune, petition, plead, pray, request, send for, solicit, summon, supplicate |
| Notes: | invoke is to call upon or appeal to something or someone for help or inspiration, while evoke is to bring or call something to the conscious mind; evoke is from Latin evocare 'to call out' while invoke is from invocare 'to call on' |
| Main Entry: | invoke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put into effect |
Synonyms: |
apply, call in, effect, enforce, have recourse to, implement, initiate, resort to, use |
| Main Entry: | beg |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | request |
Synonyms: |
abjure, advocate, apply to, ask, beseech, besiege, call to, canvass, conjure, crave, desire, entreat, impetrate, implore, importune, invoke, nag, obsecrate, obtest, petition, plead, pray, press, requisition, solicit, sue, supplicate, urge, woo, worry |
Antonyms: |
answer |
| Main Entry: | beseech |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beg |
Synonyms: |
adjure, appeal, ask, call upon, crave, entreat, implore, importune, invoke, petition, plead, pray, solicit, sue, supplicate |
Antonyms: |
give, offer |
| Main Entry: | conjure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cast spell |
Synonyms: |
bewitch, call upon, charm, enchant, ensorcel, entrance, exorcise, fascinate, invoke, levitate, play tricks, raise, rouse, summon, voodoo |
| Main Entry: | effect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry out, accomplish |
Synonyms: |
achieve, actualize, actuate, begin, bring about, bring off, bring on, buy, carry through, cause, complete, conceive, conclude, consummate, create, do a number, do one's thing, do the job, do the trick, do to a T, draw on, effectuate, enact, enforce, execute, fulfill, generate, get across, get to, give rise to, implement, induce, initiate, invoke, make, make it, make waves, perform, procure, produce, pull it off, put across, realize, render, secure, sell, turn out, turn the trick, unzip, yield |
| Notes: | as a noun, affect means 'a feeling or emotion,' whereas effect means 'the result or consequence of some action or process'; as a verb, to affect means 'to exert an influence upon,' and implies the action of a stimulus that can produce a response or reaction, whereas to effect means 'to bring about as a result' effect is a noun referring to a thing, but if you mean an action, that is affect; if you want the verb meaning 'achieve, bring about,' that is effect |
Antonyms: |
fail, forget, ignore, neglect, overlook |
| Main Entry: | enforce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put a rule, plan in force |
Synonyms: |
accomplish, administer, administrate, apply, carry out, coerce, commandeer, compel, constrain, crack down, demand, dictate, discharge, dragoon, drive, effect, egg on, emphasize, exact, execute, exert, expect, extort, force upon, fortify, fulfill, goad, hound, impel, implement, impose, incite, insist on, invoke, lash, lean on, make, necessitate, oblige, perform, press, prosecute, put into effect, put screws to, reinforce, require, sanction, spur, strain, stress, strong-arm, support, urge, whip, wrest |
Antonyms: |
abandon, disregard, drop, forego, forget, give up, neglect, overlook |
| Main Entry: | entreat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plead with |
Synonyms: |
appeal to, ask, beg, beseech, blandish, coax, conjure, crave, enjoin, exhort, implore, importune, invoke, pester, petition, plague, pray, press, request, supplicate, urge, wheedle |
Antonyms: |
answer, command, demand |
| Main Entry: | evoke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | induce, stimulate |
Synonyms: |
arouse, awaken, call, call forth, conjure, educe, elicit, evince, evolve, excite, extort, extract, give rise to, invoke, milk, provoke, raise, rally, recall, rouse, stir up, summon, waken |
Antonyms: |
halt, quell, repress, silence, stifle, stop, suppress |
| Main Entry: | implement |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start, put into action |
Synonyms: |
achieve, actualize, bring about, carry out, complete, effect, enable, enforce, execute, fulfill, invoke, make good, make possible, materialize, perform, provide the means, put into effect, realize, resolve |
Antonyms: |
cancel, cease, delay, halt, hinder, pause, stop |