| Main Entry: | appeal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | request |
Synonyms: |
address, adjure, advance, apply, ask, beg, beseech, bid, call, call upon, claim, contest, crave, demand, entreat, hit on, implore, importune, petition, plead, pray, propose, proposition, question, refer, require, resort to, solicit, strike, submit, sue, supplicate, urge |
Antonyms: |
deny, disclaim, recall, refuse, renounce, retract, revoke |
| 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 |
| 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: | utilize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make use of |
Synonyms: |
advance, apply, appropriate, avail oneself of, bestow, employ, exercise, exploit, forward, further, handle, have recourse to, profit by, promote, put to use, resort to, take advantage of, turn to account, use |