make earnest entreaty
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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
ἐπιλιπαρήσαντος — ἐπιλιπαρέω make earnest entreaty aor part act masc/neut gen sg … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
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
pray — /preɪ / (say pray) verb (t) 1. to make earnest petition to (a person, etc.). 2. to make devout petition to (God or an object of worship). 3. to make petition or entreaty for; crave. 4. to offer (a prayer). 5. to bring, put, etc., by praying.… …
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
appeal — /əˈpil / (say uh peel) noun 1. a call for aid, support, mercy, etc.; an earnest request or entreaty. 2. a fund raising enterprise undertaken by or on behalf of a charitable or other needy organisation: a Red Cross appeal. 3. application or… …
pray — prayingly, adv. /pray/, v.t. 1. to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship). 2. to offer (a prayer). 3. to bring, put, etc., by praying: to pray a soul into heaven. 4. to make earnest petition to (a person). 5 … Universalium
pray — [[t]preɪ[/t]] v. t. 1) to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship) 2) to offer (a prayer) 3) to make earnest petition to (a person) 4) to make entreaty for; crave: I pray your forgiveness[/ex] 5) to bring, put … From formal English to slang
supplicate — supplicatingly, adv. supplicatory /sup li keuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. /sup li kayt /, v., supplicated, supplicating. v.i. 1. to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition. v.t. 2. to pray humbly to; entreat or petition humbly. 3.… … Universalium
Ismael (Ishmael) — Ismael † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ismael (Sept. Ismaél; Vulg. Ismahel, in I Par., i, 28, 20, 31). The son of Abraham and Agar, the Egyptian. His history is contained in parts of Gen., xvi xxv, wherein three strata of Hebrew… … Catholic encyclopedia
