invoke

verb8

1. •
   To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
2. •
   To call to mind (something) for some purpose.

   • After marriage, the man had anciently (but this was anterior to Christianity) the power of life and death over his wife. She could invoke no law against him; he was her sole tribunal and law. — 1869
3. •
   To appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority.

   • In certain Christian circles, invoking the Bible constitutes irrefutable proof.
4. •
   To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude.

   • The envoy invoked the King of Kings's magnanimity to reduce his province's tribute after another drought.
5. •
   To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute.

   • Interactive programs let the users enter choices and invoke the corresponding routines.
6. •
   To bring about as an inevitable consequence.

   • Blasphemy is taboo as it may invoke divine wrath.
7. •
   To conjure up with incantations.

   • This satanist ritual invokes Beelzebub.
8. •
   To call another ship.