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| claim |
to require or call for. [1/8 definitions] |
| collect |
to call for or obtain payment. [1/8 definitions] |
| conjure |
to call forth or appeal to (a spirit or devil). [2/4 definitions] |
| do-si-do |
the call for this movement. [1/4 definitions] |
| elicit |
to call forth; evoke. [1/2 definitions] |
| entail |
to call for or bring about as a necessary accompaniment; necessarily involve. [1/5 definitions] |
| evoke |
to call forth or bring out (an image, memory, response, or the like) in the mind or in action. [1/2 definitions] |
| gavel |
a small hammer, usu. wooden, used by a judge or someone presiding over a meeting or auction to get attention, call for order, or signal a sale. |
| hello |
used as a greeting, exclamation of surprise, or call for attention. [1/2 definitions] |
| inflammatory |
tending to arouse and excite the emotions, or call forth an emotional response. [1/2 definitions] |
| invoke |
to call forth or summon (a spirit) with an incantation; conjure. [1/4 definitions] |
| muster |
to gather up or call forth (often fol. by "up"). [1/5 definitions] |
| recall |
of a manufacturer, to call for faulty products to be returned to the factory. [1/6 definitions] |
| reveille |
a call sounded early in the morning to waken or alert people, esp. a bugle call for troops to assemble. |
| subpoena |
to call for, summon, or serve with a subpoena. [1/2 definitions] |
| toll call |
any telephone call for which a higher rate is charged than the fixed rate for local calls. |
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