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All call upon synonyms

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verb call upon

  • brace β€” If you brace yourself for something unpleasant or difficult, you prepare yourself for it.
  • burn β€” If there is a fire or a flame somewhere, you say that there is a fire or flame burning there.
  • chisel β€” A chisel is a tool that has a long metal blade with a sharp edge at the end. It is used for cutting and shaping wood and stone.
  • freeload β€” to take advantage of others for free food, entertainment, etc.
  • sponge β€” any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or framework, occurring in large, sessile colonies.
  • nick β€” Old Nick.
  • benefit β€” The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it.
  • score β€” the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
  • want β€” to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
  • buzz β€” If something buzzes or buzzes somewhere, it makes a long continuous sound, like the noise a bee makes when it is flying.
  • touch β€” to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
  • cadge β€” If someone cadges food, money, or help from you, they ask you for it and succeed in getting it.
  • panhandle β€” the handle of a pan.
  • bum β€” Someone's bum is the part of their body which they sit on.
  • mooch β€” to borrow (a small item or amount) without intending to return or repay it.
  • invoke β€” to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for: to invoke God's mercy.
  • appeal β€” If you appeal to someone to do something, you make a serious and urgent request to them.
  • prohibit β€” to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
  • set β€” to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
  • forbid β€” to command (a person) not to do something, have something, etc., or not to enter some place: to forbid him entry to the house.
  • instruct β€” to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
  • inflict β€” to impose as something that must be borne or suffered: to inflict punishment.
  • dictate β€” If you dictate something, you say or read it aloud for someone else to write down.
  • beckon β€” If you beckon to someone, you signal to them to come to you.
  • proclaim β€” to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
  • check β€” Check is also a noun.
  • grant β€” to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act: to grant a charter.
  • debar β€” If you are debarred from doing something, you are prevented from doing it by a law or regulation.
  • compel β€” If a situation, a rule, or a person compels you to do something, they force you to do it.
  • charge β€” If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
  • restrain β€” to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
  • cite β€” If you cite something, you quote it or mention it, especially as an example or proof of what you are saying.
  • oblige β€” to require or constrain, as by law, command, conscience, or force of necessity.
  • warn β€” to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable: They warned him of a plot against him. She was warned that her life was in danger.
  • interdict β€” Civil Law. any prohibitory act or decree of a court or an administrative officer.
  • inhibit β€” to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
  • task β€” a definite piece of work assigned to, falling to, or expected of a person; duty.
  • bar β€” A bar is a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks.
  • impose β€” to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
  • ordain β€” to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
  • requisition β€” the act of requiring or demanding.
  • subpoena β€” the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
  • ban β€” To ban something means to state officially that it must not be done, shown, or used.
  • order β€” an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
  • ordinate β€” Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
  • bewitch β€” If someone or something bewitches you, you are so attracted to them that you cannot think about anything else.
  • raise β€” to move to a higher position; lift up; elevate: to raise one's hand; sleepy birds raising their heads and looking about.
  • charm β€” Charm is the quality of being pleasant or attractive.
  • voodoo β€” Also, vodun. a polytheistic religion practiced chiefly by West Indians, deriving principally from African cult worship and containing elements borrowed from the Catholic religion.
  • levitate β€” to rise or float in the air, especially as a result of a supernatural power that overcomes gravity.
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