'To call for' definitions:
Definition of 'To call for'
From: GCIDE
- Call \Call\, v. i.
- 1. To speak in loud voice; to cry out; to address by name; -- sometimes with to. [1913 Webster]
- You must call to the nurse. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The angel of God called to Hagar. --Gen. xxi. 17. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make a demand, requirement, or request. [1913 Webster]
- They called for rooms, and he showed them one. --Bunyan. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To make a brief visit; also, to stop at some place designated, as for orders. [1913 Webster]
- He ordered her to call at the house once a week. --Temple. [1913 Webster]
- 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." --Marryat.
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'To call for'
- At call,
- Call,
- Calle,
- Called,
- Calling,
- On call,
- To call down,
- To call in,
- To call off,
- To call on,
- To call out,
- To call over,
- To call up,
- call at,
- call down,
- call for,
- call in,
- call off,
- call on,
- call out,
- call up,
- so called,
- Call bird,
- Call boy,
- Call note,
- Call of the house,
- Call to the bar,
- Calling crab,
- Effectual calling,
- Fatigue call,
- House of call,
- Quail call,
- Roll call,
- So-called,
- To call a bond,
- To call a party,
- To call back,
- To call forth,
- To call names,
- To call the roll,
- To call to account,
- To call to mind,
- To call to order,
- To call to the bar,
- To call upon,
- Watering call,
- bugle call,
- call attention,
- call attention to,
- call back,
- call box,
- call center,
- call centre,
- call fire,
- call forth,
- call forwarding,
- call girl,
- call into question,
- call it a day,
- call it quits,
- call loan,
- call mark,
- call number,
- call on the carpet,
- call option,
- call the shots,
- call the tune,
- call to order,
- call waiting,
- call-in,
- call-out,
- calling card,
- calling hare,
- calling into question,
- calling together,
- close call,
- collect call,
- conference call,
- crank call,
- curtain call,
- distress call,
- effectual call,
- function call,
- local call,
- mail call,
- margin call,
- muster call,
- name calling,
- phone call,
- port of call,
- service call,
- sick call,
- siren call,
- system call,
- telephone call,
- toll call,
- trunk call,
- To call any one names,
- call one's bluff,
- call-back,
- call-board,
- supervisor call instruction,
- wake-up call,
- bell-like call,
- long-distance call,
- salafast group for call and combat,
- three-way calling,
- two-note call