request earnestly

  • 1Franklin D. Roosevelt: Request for a Declaration of War — ▪ Primary Source       On September 27, 1940, Germany, Italy, and Japan signed the Tripartite Pact, thus bringing Japan s Greater East Asia Co Prosperity Sphere within the Axis coalition. From that time on, American resistance to Japanese… …

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  • 2Call — Call, v. i. 1. To speak in loud voice; to cry out; to address by name; sometimes with to. [1913 Webster] You must call to the nurse. Shak. [1913 Webster] The angel of God called to Hagar. Gen. xxi. 17. [1913 Webster] 2. To make a demand,… …

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  • 3To call for — Call Call, v. i. 1. To speak in loud voice; to cry out; to address by name; sometimes with to. [1913 Webster] You must call to the nurse. Shak. [1913 Webster] The angel of God called to Hagar. Gen. xxi. 17. [1913 Webster] 2. To make a demand,… …

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  • 4To call on — Call Call, v. i. 1. To speak in loud voice; to cry out; to address by name; sometimes with to. [1913 Webster] You must call to the nurse. Shak. [1913 Webster] The angel of God called to Hagar. Gen. xxi. 17. [1913 Webster] 2. To make a demand,… …

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  • 5To call out — Call Call, v. i. 1. To speak in loud voice; to cry out; to address by name; sometimes with to. [1913 Webster] You must call to the nurse. Shak. [1913 Webster] The angel of God called to Hagar. Gen. xxi. 17. [1913 Webster] 2. To make a demand,… …

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  • 6To call upon — Call Call, v. i. 1. To speak in loud voice; to cry out; to address by name; sometimes with to. [1913 Webster] You must call to the nurse. Shak. [1913 Webster] The angel of God called to Hagar. Gen. xxi. 17. [1913 Webster] 2. To make a demand,… …

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  • 7adjure — adjuratory /euh joor euh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. adjurer, adjuror, n. /euh joor /, v.t., adjured, adjuring. 1. to charge, bind, or command earnestly and solemnly, often under oath or the threat of a penalty. 2. to entreat or request earnestly or… …

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  • 8adjure — ad•jure [[t]əˈdʒʊər[/t]] v. t. jured, jur•ing 1) to charge, bind, or command earnestly and solemnly, often under oath or the threat of a penalty 2) to entreat or request earnestly or solemnly • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME < L adjūrāre. See ad ,… …

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  • 9adjure — /əˈdʒuə / (say uh joohuh) verb (t) (adjured, adjuring) 1. to charge, bind, or command, earnestly and solemnly, often under oath or the threat of a curse. 2. to entreat or request earnestly. {Middle English adjure(n), from Latin adjūrāre}… …

  • 10im|pe|tra´tion — im|pe|trate «IHM puh trayt», transitive verb, trat|ed, trat|ing. 1. to request earnestly; entreat: »a slight testimonial, sir, which I thought fit to impetrate from that worthy nobleman (Scott). 2. to obtain by request or entreaty; …

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