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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask, request |
| Synonyms: | appeal, claim, demand, inquire, petition, put in, put in for, requisition, solicit, sue |
| Main Entry: | request |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask for |
| Synonyms: | appeal, apply, beg, beseech, bespeak, call for, demand, desire, entreat, hit, hit up for, hold out for, hustle*, inquire, petition, pray, promote, put in for, requisition, seek, solicit, sponge, sue, supplicate, touch |
| Notes: | behest is a stronger term than request |
| Antonyms: | answer, reply |
| Main Entry: | requisition |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask for; apply for something needed |
| Synonyms: | buy, call for, challenge, claim, demand, exact, order, postulate, put dibs on, put in for, request, require, solicit |
| Antonyms: | answer, reply |
| Main Entry: | supplicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask for, pray for |
| Synonyms: | appeal, beg, beseech, desire, petition, pray, put in for, seek, solicit |
| Main Entry: | petition |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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| Concept: | Request. |
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-nouns
request, requisition; claim (demand); petition, suit, prayer; begging letter, round robin., motion, overture, application, canvass, address, appeal, apostrophe; imprecation; rogation; proposal, proposition., orison (worship); incantation (spell)., mendicancy; asking, begging; postulation, solicitation, invitation, entreaty, importunity, supplication, instance, impetration, imploration, obsecration, obtestation, invocation, interpellation.
-verbs
request, ask; beg, crave, sue, pray, petition, solicit, invite, pop the question, make bold to ask; beg leave, beg a boon; apply to, call to, put to; call upon, call for; make a request, address a request, prefer a request, put up a request, make a prayer, address a prayer, prefer a prayer, put up a prayer, make a petition, address a petition, prefer a petition, put up a petition; make application, make a requisition; ask trouble, ask one for; claim (demand); offer up prayers (worship); whistle for., beg hard, entreat, beseech, plead, supplicate, implore; conjure, adjure; obtest; cry to, kneel to, appeal to; invoke, evoke; impetrate, imprecate, ply, press, urge, beset, importune, dun, tax, clamor for; cry aloud, cry for help; fall on one's knees; throw oneself at the feet of; come down on one's marrowbones., beg from door to door, send the hat round, go a begging; mendicate, mump, cadge, beg one's bread., dance attendance on, besiege, knock at the door., bespeak, canvass, tout, make interest, court; seek, bid for (offer) [more]; publish the banns.
-adjectives
requesting; precatory; suppliant, supplicant, supplicatory; postulant; obsecratory., importunate, clamorous, urgent; cap in hand; on one's knees, on one's bended knees, on one's marrowbones.
-adverbs
prithee, do, please, pray; be so good as, be good enough; have the goodness, vouchsafe, will you, I pray thee, if you please.
-phrases
Dieu vous garde; dirigenos Domine.
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