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 Isaac Disraeli

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 William Shakespeare

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

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

Do not invocate the name of anything, I pray you.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Peter Anthony Motteux

The nine here so classically invocated are manifestly nine of the members of the late club, consisting of, 1.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, July 17, 1841 by Various

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 George Sale

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

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 Alexander Shields

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

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

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

From The Purgatory of St. Patrick by Denis Florence MacCarthy

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

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

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

From The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy