adjure#v#1: 1. bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure -- (ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons") appeal#v#2: 2. (2) appeal, invoke -- (request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection; "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in times of trouble") ask#v#2: 2. (433) ask -- (make a request or demand for something to somebody; "She asked him for a loan") ask#v#4: 4. (50) ask, require, expect -- (consider obligatory; request and expect; "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons") ask#v#5: 5. (3) ask -- (require or ask for as a price or condition; "He is asking $200 for the table"; "The kidnapers are asking a million dollars in return for the release of their hostage") beckon#v#3: 3. beckon -- (summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture) beg#v#1: 1. (11) beg, implore, pray -- (call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!") beg#v#2: 2. (5) solicit, beg, tap -- (make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently; "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities") beg#v#3: 3. (2) beg -- (ask to obtain free; "beg money and food") beseech#v#1: 1. (2) bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure -- (ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons") bid#v#3: 3. (3) bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure -- (ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons") buzz#v#4: 4. buzz -- (call with a buzzer; "he buzzed the servant") call#v#4: 4. (155) call, send for -- (order, request, or command to come; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!") call#v#7: 7. (46) call -- (call a meeting; invite or command to meet; "The Wannsee Conference was called to discuss the `Final Solution'"; "The new dean calls meetings every week") call#v#8: 8. (44) call -- (order or request or give a command for; "The unions called a general strike for Sunday") call#v#9: 9. (41) call -- (order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role; "He was already called 4 times for jury duty"; "They called him to active military duty") call_in#v#1: 1. (2) call in -- (summon to enter; "The nurse called in the next patient") commission#v#2: 2. commission -- (place an order for) conjure#v#2: 2. bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure -- (ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons") convoke#v#1: 1. convoke, convene -- (call together; "The students were convened in the auditorium") demand#v#1: 1. (47) demand -- (request urgently and forcefully; "The victim's family is demanding compensation"; "The boss demanded that he be fired immediately"; "She demanded to see the manager") dun#v#2: 2. dun -- (persistently ask for overdue payment; "The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone") enjoin#v#2: 2. (1) order, tell, enjoin, say -- (give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed") entreat#v#1: 1. bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure -- (ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons") implore#v#1: 1. (4) beg, implore, pray -- (call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!") invite#v#4: 4. (6) invite, bid -- (ask someone in a friendly way to do something) invite#v#6: 6. (2) invite, ask in -- (ask to enter; "We invited the neighbors in for a cup of coffee") invite#v#7: 7. (2) invite, call for -- (request the participation or presence of; "The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference") order#v#1: 1. (28) order, tell, enjoin, say -- (give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed") order#v#2: 2. (14) order -- (make a request for something; "Order me some flowers"; "order a work stoppage") page#v#1: 1. (1) page -- (call out somebody's name over a P.A. system) place#v#5: 5. (4) place -- (to arrange for; "place a phone call", "place a bet") plead#v#1: 1. (10) plead -- (appeal or request earnestly; "I pleaded with him to stop") pray#v#2: 2. (2) beg, implore, pray -- (call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!") press#v#13: 13. bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure -- (ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons") propose#v#5: 5. (1) propose, declare oneself, offer, pop the question -- (ask (someone) to marry you; "he popped the question on Sunday night"; "she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months"; "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman") reorder#v#2: 2. reorder -- (make a new request to be supplied with; "The store had to reorder the popular CD several times") request#v#2: 2. (7) request -- (ask (a person) to do something; "She asked him to be here at noon"; "I requested that she type the entire manuscript") say#v#7: 7. (11) order, tell, enjoin, say -- (give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed") solicit#v#1: 1. (4) solicit, beg, tap -- (make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently; "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities") solicit#v#5: 5. solicit -- (make a solicitation or petition for something desired; "She is too shy to solicit") summon#v#2: 2. (2) summon -- (ask to come; "summon a lawyer") tap#v#12: 12. solicit, beg, tap -- (make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently; "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities") tell#v#4: 4. (60) order, tell, enjoin, say -- (give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed") urge#v#1: 1. (36) urge, urge on, press, exhort -- (force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to finish his studies") wish#v#6: 6. (2) wish -- (order politely; express a wish for)