invocate

No considerable work was ever composed till its author, like an ancient magician, first retired to the grove, or to the closet, to invocate.

From Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions by Disraeli, Isaac

Henry the Fifth, thy ghost I invocate: Prosper this realm, keep it from civil broils, Combat with adverse planets in the heavens!

From King Henry VI, Part 1 by Shakespeare, William

No considerable work has yet been composed, but its author, like an ancient magician, retired first to the grove or the closet, to invocate his spirits.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac

Some call on heaven, some invocate on hell, And Fates and Furies, with their woes acquaint.

From Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Idea, Fidesa and Chloris by Crow, Martha Foote

Be thou the tenth Muse, ten times more in worth Than those old nine which rhymers invocate; And he that calls on thee, let him bring forth Eternal numbers to outlive long date.

From A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles by Lee, Sidney, Sir

Is she then invocated, or is she not?

From The Captiva and the Mostellaria by Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas)

Verily he hath forbidden you to eat that which dieth of itself, and blood and swine's flesh, and that on which any other name but GOD'S hath been invocated.

From The Koran (Al-Qur'an) by Sale, George

Jephthah was fetched from the land of Tob, and made the head of the Gileadites by an explicit mutual stipulation, wherein the Lord was invocated as a witness, Judg. xi.

From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Shields, Alexander

"The saints reigning together with Christ are to be honored and invocated; … they offer prayers to God for us… their relics are to be venerated."—Creed of Pope Pius IV.

From Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America by Ray, G. Whitfield

Greek and Roman magicians invocated spirits by prayers to the moon, and sacrifices of milk, honey, and blood.

From The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales by Grant, James, archaeologist

Yet we are told they remained in their dungeons “with much joy and great comfort, in continual reading and invocating the name of God, ever looking and expecting the happy day of their dissolution.”

From The King's Daughters by Holt, Emily Sarah

She was a pretty, invocating, weak-mouthed girl, whose chief defect as a companion with her sex was a tendency to peevishness now and then. 

From Life's Little Ironies by Hardy, Thomas

"Grace!" said Fitzpiers, in an indescribable whisper—more than invocating, if not quite deprecatory.

From The Woodlanders by Hardy, Thomas

Perhaps it was gathered during the invocating influence of the following charm, which may be found in the 12th book, chap.

From Thaumaturgia by Oxonian, An

But upon his invocating the Lord Jesus, they failed in their attempt.

From The Purgatory of St. Patrick by MacCarthy, Denis Florence