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Earnest Byner — Infobox NFLretired |position=Running back number=44, 21 birthdate=birth date and age|1962|9|15 Milledgeville, Georgia deathdate= debutyear=1984 finalyear=1997 draftyear=1984 draftround=10 draftpick=280 college=East Carolina teams=As Player *… … Wikipedia
The Importance of Being Earnest — For other uses, see The Importance of Being Earnest (disambiguation). The Importance of Being Earnest The original production of The Importance of Being Earnest in 1895 with Allan Aynesworth as Algernon (left) and George Alexander as Jack (right) … Wikipedia
appeal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. entreaty, plea, begging, petition; resort; attractiveness, attraction. See request, lawsuit. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A plea] Syn. request, plea, bid, claim, suit, submission, solicitation, petition,… … English dictionary for students
call — 1 vt 1: to announce or recite loudly call ed the civil trial list 2: to admit (a person) as a barrister was call ed to the bar 3: to demand payment of esp. by formal notice call … Law dictionary
prayer — / prer/ n: the part of a pleading (as a complaint) that specifies the relief sought; also: a request for relief or some other action by the court Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. prayer … Law dictionary
prayer — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An earnest request] Syn. entreaty, request, intercession, thanksgiving, praise, petition; see also appeal 1 . 2. [An address to the deity] Syn. orison, invocation, act of devotion, supplication, devotions, benediction,… … English dictionary for students
appeal — appealability, n. appealable, adj. appealer, n. /euh peel /, n. 1. an earnest request for aid, support, sympathy, mercy, etc.; entreaty; petition; plea. 2. a request or reference to some person or authority for a decision, corroboration, judgment … Universalium
petition — pe·ti·tion 1 n 1: a formal written request made to an official person or body (as a court or board) a petition for equitable relief the creditor filed a petition for involuntary bankruptcy 2: a document embodying a formal written request petition … Law dictionary
appeal — 1. verb 1) police are appealing for information Syn: ask urgently/earnestly, make an urgent/earnest request, call, make a plea, plead 2) Stuart appealed to me to help them Syn: implore, beg, entreat, call on, plead with … Thesaurus of popular words
ap|peal´er — ap|peal «uh PEEL», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to ask earnestly; make an earnest request (to or for); ask for help or sympathy: »The children appealed to their mother to know what to do on a rainy day. I appeal to you to support the Girl Scouts drive… … Useful english dictionary
