invocate

Thou, Cæsar, at this instant art my god; Thee if I invocate, I shall not need To crave Apollo's aid or Bacchus' help; Thy power inspires the Muse that sings this war.

From The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen

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 Isaac Disraeli

But the Muses and the Graces are his hard mistresses; though he daily invocate them, though he sacrifice hecatombs, they still look asquint.

From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various

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 Martha Foote Crow

Masterdom means power, rule; to invocate Apollo's masterdom is therefore to invocate Apollo's power to assist the Friar in his undertaking.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by William Carew Hazlitt

"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 G. Whitfield Ray

A president may not be raised at any hour of the day, except the king, whom he obeyeth, be invocated; nor at the shutting in of the evening.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 325, August 2, 1828 by Various

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 James Grant

They believed in the powers of philtres and spells, and invocated spirits; and they relished a blood-curdling ghost story at Christmas quite as much as their twentieth-century descendants.

From Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries by William Francis Dawson

Is she then invocated, or is she not?

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

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 Thomas Hardy

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

From The Purgatory of St. Patrick by Denis Florence MacCarthy

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 Emily Sarah Holt

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

From The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy

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

From Thaumaturgia by An Oxonian