"invoked" meaning in English

See invoked in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: invoke [canonical], invokes [third-person, singular], invoked [past], invoked [past, participle], invoking [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|invok|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The past tense and past participle of invoke.
    Sense id: simple-invoked-en-verb-IWogoXcI
  2. When a rule is invoked, it is being used in a specific situation.
    Sense id: simple-invoked-en-verb-zXa-wXw-
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          "text": "That rule was not invoked during that meeting."
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