Obtest
81implore — v appeal to, beg, beseech, entreat, obsecrate, plead, Brit. Inf. prig, pray, crave; ask, request, seek; call upon, invoke, pray to; petition, solicit, supplicate, obtest, adjure, conjure, Rare. sue; urge, press, importune, insist, demand …
82importune — v 1. beset, ply, dun, tax, besiege, press, push; set upon, urge, call upon, insist, Inf. work on; plead, appeal to, clamor for, cry for; supplicate, beseech, entreat, implore, beg, sue, petition, solicit; pray, appeal, adjure, obtest,… …
83intercede — v 1. mediate, negotiate, intermediate, arbitrate, moderate; interpose, step in, intervene; reconcile, propitiate, appease, make peace, pacify, meet halfway; act for, represent, involve with, act in one s behalf, use one s good offices; umpire,… …
84invite — v 1. ask, request, summon, beckon, call or call for, bid; ask for, apply for, look for, seek, call upon, appeal to; beg, Inf. say please or pretty please, implore, beseech, entreat, plead, Brit. Inf. prig, pray, get down on one s knees, crave;… …
85invoke — v 1. call for, pray for, request; supplicate, implore, entreat, adjure, obtest; solicit, beseech, obsecrate, imprecate, impetrate; beg, importune, cry for, beg a boon. 2. call on, petition, address, appeal, plead, Rhet. apostrophize; bid, pray,… …
86petition — n 1. suit, request, requisition, application, address. 2. supplication, obsecration, obtestation, impetra tion, solicitation, invocation, adjuration, imploration, beseechment, Eccles. rogation; plea, prayer, orison, appeal, entreaty, humble… …
87plead — v 1. appeal, entreat, beg, beseech; supplicate, ask, apply for; seek, request, call for; appeal to, implore, Brit. Inf. prig; pray, petition, solicit, supplicate, obtest; adjure, conjure, Rare. sue; press, importune, demand. 2. argue against,… …
88postulate — v 1. assume, suppose, presuppose, presume, take for granted; posit, predicate, theorize, hypothesize, hypothecate, speculate; infer, gather, conjecture; guess, surmise, judge, deem, conclude, deduce. 2. ask, solicit, beg, plead, supplicate,… …
89pray — v 1. appeal to, call on or upon, invoke, cry to, Rhet. apostrophize; plead, clamor for, cry for, beg for, request; supplicate, beseech, entreat, implore, sue, solicit, obsecrate, impetrate; importune, entreat, adjure, obtest, throw oneself at the …
90protest — n 1. objection, exception, disagreement; demur, demurral, scruple, qualm, compunction; challenge; negation, denial, disclaimer; complaint, grievance, Inf. beef, Inf. kick, Sl. squawk, Sl. bitch, peeve, Inf. pet peeve, Inf. gripe, Inf. grouse. 2.… …
