All call upon synonyms
call upΒ·on
C c 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.