Invoke

[Sarah]

To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly orsolemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand byinvocation; to implore; as, to invoke the Supreme Being, or to invokeHis and blessing.Go, my dread lord, to your great grandsire's tomb, . . . Invoke hiswarlike spirit. Shak.

[Sarah]

bring forward the power of a person or thing

[Sarah]

When someone mentions something, such as an idea, in an attempt to make people feel a certain way or with a specific goal in mind.

To refer to something in order to support your ideals.

Also to make use of a law or right in defense or opposition to something perhaps. It is usually used as a transition verb.

[Lanell]

Call on (a deity or spirit) in prayer, as a witness, or for inspiration.