(v): invoke upon
(v): express greetings upon meeting someone
(v): ask for or request earnestly
(v): appeal or request earnestly
(v): make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
(v): participate in games or sport
(v): make a serious effort to attain something
(v): try to get or reach
(v): ask someone in a friendly way to do something
(v): ask (a person) to do something
(n): an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
(n): the use of language to perform some act
(n): an attempt to get something
(n): earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
(n): a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
(n): something offered (as a proposal or bid)
(n): (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
(n): a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc