1. The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some
superior being; earnest and solemn entreaty; esp., prayer offered to a
divine being.
Sweet invocation of a child; most pretty and pathetical!
Shak.
The whole poem is a prayer to Fortune, and the invocation is
divided between the two deities.
Addison.
2. (Law) A call or summons; especially, a judicial call, demand, or
order; as, the invocation of papers or evidence into court.
In"vo*ca*to*ry (?), a. Making or containing invocation; invoking.
In"voice` (?), n. [F. envois things sent, goods forwarded, pl. of envoi
a sending or things sent, fr. envoyer to send; cf. F. lettre d'envoi
letter of advice of goods forwarded. See Envoy.]
1. (Com.) A written account of the particulars of merchandise shipped
or sent to a purchaser, consignee, factor, etc., with the value or
prices and charges annexed. Wharton.
2. The lot or set of goods as shipped or received; as, the merchant
receives a large invoice of goods.
In"voice`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invoiced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Invoicing
(?).] To make a written list or account of, as goods to be sent to a
consignee; to insert in a priced list; to write or enter in an invoice.
Goods, wares, and merchandise imported from Norway, and invoiced in
the current dollar of Norway.
Madison.
In*voke" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invoked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Invoking.] [F. invoquer, L. invocare; pref. in- in, on + vocare to
call, fr. vox voice. See Voice, and cf. Invocate.] To call on for aid
or protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address
in prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; as, to
invoke the Supreme Being, or to invoke His and blessing.
Go, my dread lord, to your great grandsire's tomb, . . . Invoke his
warlike spirit.
Shak.
In*vol"u*cel (?; 277), n. [Dim. of involucre, or involucrum: cf. F.
involucelle.] (Bot.) A partial, secondary, or small involucre. See
Illust. of Involucre.
In`vo*lu"cel*late (?), a. (Bot.) Furnished with involucels.
||In`vo*lu*cel"lum (?), n.; pl. Involucella (#). [NL.] See Involucel.
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In`vo*lu"cral (?), a. [Cf. F. involucral.] Pertaining to, possessing,
or like, an involucrum.
{ In`vo*lu"crate (?), In`vo*lu"cra*ted (?), } a. (Bot.) Having an
involucre; involucred.
In"vo*lu`cre (?; 277), n. [L. involucrum a covering, wrapper, fr.
involvere to wrap up, envelop: cf. F. involucre. See Involve.] (Bot.)
(a) A whorl or set of bracts around a flower, umbel, or head. (b) A
continuous marginal covering of sporangia, in certain ferns, as in the
common brake, or the cup-shaped processes of the filmy ferns. (c) The
peridium or volva of certain fungi. Called also involucrum.
In"vo*lu`cred (?), a. (Bot.) Having an involucre, as umbels, heads,
etc. Martyn.
In`vo*lu"cret (?), n. (Bot.) An involucel.
||In`vo*lu"crum (?), n.; pl. L. Involucra (#), E. Involucrums (#). [L.
||See Involucre.]
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1. (Bot.) See Involucre.
2. (Zoöl.) A sheath which surrounds the base of the lasso cells in the
Siphonophora.
In*vol"un*ta*ri*ly (?), adv. [From Involuntary.] In an involuntary
manner; not voluntarily; not intentionally or willingly.
In*vol"un*ta*ri*ness (?), n. The quality or state of being involuntary;
unwillingness; automatism.