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verb

Call v. i.

To speak in loud voice; to cry out; to address by name; sometimes with to. "You must call to the nurse." "The angel of God called to Hagar."

To make a demand, requirement, or request. "They called for rooms, and he showed them one."

To make a brief visit; also, to stop at some place designated, as for orders. "He ordered her to call at the house once a week."

To call for

(a)

To demand; to require; as, a crime calls for punishment; a survey, grant, or deed calls for the metes and bounds, or the quantity of land, etc., which it describes.

(b)

To give an order for; to request. "Whenever the coach stopped, the sailor called for more ale."

To call on, To call upon,

(a)

To make a short visit to; as, call on a friend.

(b)

To appeal to; to invite; to request earnestly; as, to call upon a person to make a speech.

(c)

To solicit payment, or make a demand, of a debt.

(d)

To invoke or play to; to worship; as, to call upon God.

To call out To call or utter loudly; to brawl.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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