Book: Roget\'s Thesaurus

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#746. Servant.-- N. subject, liegeman; servant, retainer, follower,
henchman, servitor, domestic, menial, help, lady help, employe, attache;
official.
retinue, suite, cortege, staff, court.
attendant, squire, usher, page, donzel, footboy; train bearer, cup
bearer; waiter, lapster, butler, livery servant, lackey, footman, flunkey,
valet, valet de chambre; equerry, groom; jockey, hostler, ostler, tiger,
orderly, messenger, cad, gillie, herdsman, swineherd; barkeeper, bartender;
bell boy, boots, boy, counterjumper; khansamah, khansaman; khitmutgar;
yardman.
bailiff, castellan, seneschal, chamberlain, major-domo, groom of the
chambers.
secretary; under secretary, assistant secretary; clerk; subsidiary;
agent &c. 758; subaltern; underling, understrapper; man.
maid, maidservant; handmaid; confidente, lady's maid, abigail,
soubrette; amah, biddy, nurse, bonne, ayah; nursemaid, nursery maid, house
maid, parlor maid, waiting maid, chamber maid, kitchen maid, scullery maid;
femme de chambre, femme fille; camarista; chef de cuisine,cordon bleu,
cook, scullion, Cinderella; potwalloper; maid of all work, servant of all
work; laundress, bedmaker; journeyman, charwoman &c. (worker) 690; bearer,
chokra, gyp [Cambridge], hamal, scout [Oxford].
serf, vassal, slave, negro, helot; bondsman, bondswoman; bondslave;
ame damnee, odalisque, ryot, adscriptus gleboe; villian, villein; beadsman,
bedesman; sizar; pensioner, pensionary; client; dependant, dependent;
hanger on, satellite; parasite &c. (servility) 886; led captain; protege,
ward, hireling, mercenary, puppet, creature.
badge of slavery; bonds &c. 752.
V. serve; wait upon, attend upon, dance attendance upon, pin oneself
upon; squire, tend, hang on the sleeve of; chore [U.S.].
Adj. in the train of; in one's pay, in one's employ; at one's call &c.
(obedient) 743; in bonds.


#747. [Insignia of authority.] Scepter.-- N. scepter, regalia,
caduceus; Mercury's rod, Mercury's staff, Mercury's wand; rod of empire,
mace, fasces, wand; staff, staff of office; baton, truncheon; flag &c.
(insignia) 550; ensign of authority, emblem of authority, badge of
authority, insignia of authority.
throne, chair, musnud, divan, dais, woolsack.
toga, pall, mantle, robes of state, ermine, purple.
crown, coronet, diadem, tiara, cap of maintenance; decoration; title
&c. 877; portfolio.
key, signet, seals, talisman; helm; reins &c. (means of restraint)
752.

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#748. Freedom.-- N. freedom, liberty, independence; license &c.
(permission) 760; facility &c. 705.
scope, range, latitude, play; free play, full play, free scope, full
scope; free stage and no favor; swing, full swing, elbowroom, margin, rope,
wide berth; Liberty Hall.
franchise, denization; free man, freed man, livery man; denizen.
autonomy, self-government, liberalism, free trade; noninterference &c.
706; Monroe Doctrine [U.S.].
immunity, exemption; emancipation &c. (liberation) 750;
enfranchisement, affranchisement.
free land, freehold; allodium; frankalmoigne, mortmain.
bushwhacker; freelance, free thinker, free trader; independent.
V. be free &c. adj.; have scope &c. n., have the run of, have one's
own way, have a will of one's own, have one's fling; do what one likes, do
what one wishes, do what one pleases, do what one chooses; go at large,
feel at home, paddle one's own canoe; stand on one's legs, stand on one's
rights; shift for oneself.
take a liberty; make free with, make oneself quite at home; use a
freedom; take leave, take French leave.
set free &c. (liberate) 750; give a loose to &c. (permit) 760; allow
scope &c. n. to, give scope & c. n. to; give a horse his head.
make free of; give the freedom of, give the franchise; enfranchise,
affranchise.
laisser faire, laisser aller; live and let live; leave to oneself;
leave alone, let alone.
Adj. free, free as air; out of harness, independent, at large, loose,
scot-free; left alone, left to oneself.
in full swing; uncaught, unconstrained, unbuttoned, unconfined,
unrestrained, unchecked, unprevented, unhindered, unobstructed, unbound,
uncontrolled, untrammeled.
unsubject, ungoverned, unenslaved, unenthralled, unchained,
unshackled, unfettered, unreined, unbridled, uncurbed, unmuzzled.
unrestricted, unlimited, unconditional; absolute; discretionary &c.
(optional) 600.
unassailed, unforced, uncompelled.
unbiassed, spontaneous.
free and easy; at ease, at one's ease; degage, quite at home; wanton,
rampant, irrepressible, unvanquished.
exempt; freed &c. 750; freeborn; autonomous, freehold, allodial;
gratis &c. 815; eleutherian.
unclaimed, going a begging.
Adv. freely &c. adj.; ad libitum &c. (at will) 600.
Phr. ubi libertas ibi patria; free white and twenty-one.

#749. Subjection.-- N. subjection; dependence, dependency;
subordination; thrall, thraldom, enthrallment, subjugation, bondage,
serfdom; feudalism, feudality; vassalage, villenage; slavery, enslavement,
involuntary servitude; conquest.
service; servitude, servitorship; tendence, employ, tutelage,
clientship; liability &c. 177; constraint &c.751; oppression &c. (severity)
739; yoke &c. (means of restraint) 752; submission &c. 725; obedience &c.
743.
V. be subject &c. adj.; be at the mercy of, lie at the mercy of;
depend upon, lean upon, hang upon; fall a prey to, fall under; play second
fiddle.
be a mere machine, be a puppet, be a football; not dare to say one's
soul is his own; drag a chain.
serve &c. 746; obey &c. 743; submit &c. 725.
break in, tame; subject, subjugate; master &c. 731; tread down, tread
under foot; weigh down; drag at one's chariot wheels; reduce to subjection,
reduce to slavery; enthrall, inthrall, bethrall; enslave, lead captive;
take into custody &c. (restrain) 751; rule &c. 737; drive into a corner,
hold at the sword's point; keep under; hold in bondage, hold in leading
strings, hold in swaddling clothes.
Adj. subject, dependent, subordinate; feudal, feudatory; in subjection
to, under control; in leading strings, in harness; subjected, enslaved &c.
v.; constrained &c. 751; downtrodden; overborne, overwhelmed; under the
lash, on the hip, led by the nose, henpecked; the puppet of, the sport of,
the plaything of; under one's orders, under one's command, under one's
thumb; a slave to; at the mercy of; in the power of, in the hands of, in
the clutches of; at the feet of; at one's beck and call &c. (obedient) 743;
liable &c. 177; parasitical; stipendiary.
Adv. under.
Phr. "slaves - in a land of light and law" [Whittier].

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#750. Liberation.-- N. liberation, disengagement, release,
enlargement, emancipation; disenthrallment, disenthralment;
affranchisement, enfranchisement; manumission; discharge, dismissal.
deliverance &c. 672; redemption, extrication, acquittance, absolution;
acquittal &c. 970; escape &c.671.
V. liberate, free; set free, set clear, set at liberty; render free,
emancipate, release; enfranchise, affranchise; manumit; enlarge; disband,
discharge, disenthrall, disenthral, dismiss; let go, let loose, let out,
let slip; cast adrift, turn adrift; deliver &c. 672; absolve &c. (acquit)
970.
unfetter &c. 751, untie &c. 43; loose &c. (disjoin) 44; loosen,
relax,; unbolt, unbar, unclose, uncork, unclog, unhand, unbind, unchain,
unharness; disengage, disentangle; clear, extricate, unloose.
gain one's liberty, obtain one's liberty, acquire one's liberty &c.
748; get rid of, get clear of; deliver oneself from; shake off the yoke,
slip the collar; break loose, break prison; tear asunder one's bonds, cast
off trammels; escape &c. 671.
Adj. liberated &c. v.; out of harness &c. (free) 748.
Int. unhand me! let me go!

#751. Restraint.-- N. restraint; hindrance &c. 706; coercion &c.
(compulsion) 744; cohibition, constraint, repression; discipline, control.
confinement; durance, duress; imprisonment; incarceration,
coarctation|, entombment, mancipation, durance vile, limbo, captivity;
blockade.
arrest, arrestation; custody, keep, care, charge, ward, restringency.
curb &c. (means of restraint) 752; lettres de cachet.
limitation, restriction, protection, monopoly; prohibition &c. 761.
prisoner &c. 754; repressionist.
V. restrain, check; put under restraint, lay under restraint;
enthral(l), inthral(l), bethral(l); restrict; debar &c. (hinder) 706;
constrain; coerce &c. (compel) 744; curb, control; hold back, hold from,
hold in, hold in check, hold within bounds, keep back, keep from, keep in,
keep in check, keep within bounds; hold in leash, hold in leading strings;
withhold.
keep under; repress, suppress; smother; pull in, rein in; hold, hold
fast; keep a tight hand on; prohibit &c. 761; inhibit, cohibit.
enchain; fasten &c. (join) 43; fetter, shackle; entrammel; bridle,
muzzle, hopple, gag, pinion, manacle, handcuff, tie one's hands, hobble,
bind hand and foot; swathe, swaddle; pin down, tether; picket; tie down,
tie up; secure; forge fetters.
confine; shut up, shut in; clap up, lock up, box up, mew up, bottle
up, cork up, seal up, button up; hem in, bolt in, wall in, rail in;
impound, pen, coop; inclose &c. (circumscribe) 229; cage; incage, encage;
close the door upon, cloister; imprison, immure; incarcerate, entomb; clap
under hatches, lay under hatches; put in irons, put in a strait-waistcoat;
throw into prison, cast into prison; put into bilboes.
arrest; take up, take charge of, take into custody; take prisoner,
take captive, make prisoner, make captive; captivate; lead captive, lead
into captivity; send to prison, commit to prison; commit; give in charge,
give in custody; subjugate &c. 749.
Adj. restrained, constrained; imprisoned &c.v.; pent up; jammed in,
wedged in; under lock and key, under restraint, under hatches; in swaddling
clothes; on parole; in custody &c. (prisoner) 754; cohibitive; coactive &c.
(compulsory) 744.
stiff, restringent, strait-laced, hidebound, barkbound.
ice bound, wind bound, weather bound; "cabined cribbed confined"
[Macbeth]; in Lob's pound, laid by the heels.

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#752. [Means of restraint.] Prison.-- N. prison, prison house; jail,
gaol, cage, coop, den, cell; stronghold, fortress, keep, donjon, dungeon,
Bastille, oubliette, bridewell, house of correction, hulks, tollboth,
panopticon, penitentiary, guardroom, lockup, hold; round house, watch
house, station house, sponging house; station; house of detention, black
hole, pen, fold, pound; inclosure &c. 232; penal settlement; bilboes,
stocks, limbo, quod*; calaboose, chauki, choky, thana; workhouse [U.S.].
Newgate, Fleet, Marshalsea; King's (or Queen's) Bench.
bond; bandage; irons, pinion, gyve, fetter, shackle, trammel, manacle,
handcuff, strait-waistcoat, hopples; vice, vise.
yoke, collar, halter, harness; muzzle, gag, bit, brake, curb, snaffle,
bridle; rein, reins; bearing rein; martingale; leading string; tether,
picket, band, guy, chain; cord &c. (fastening) 45; cavesson, hackamore
[U.S.], headstall, jaquima [U.S.], lines, ribbons.
bolt, bar, lock, padlock, rail, wall; paling, palisade; fence;
barrier, barricade.
drag &c. (hindrance) 706.

#753. Keeper.-- N. keeper, custodian, custos, ranger, warder, jailer,
gaoler, turnkey, castellan, guard; watchdog, watchman; Charley; chokidar,
durwan, hayward; sentry, sentinel; watch and ward; concierge, coastguard,
guarda costa, game keeper.
escort, bodyguard.
protector, governor, duenna; guardian; governess &c. (teacher) 540;
nurse, bonne, ayah.

#754. Prisoner.-- N. prisoner, captive, detenu, close prisoner.
jail bird, ticket of leave man, chevronne.
V. stand committed; be imprisoned &c. 751.
Adj. imprisoned &c. 751; in prison, in quod*, in durance vile, in
limbo, in custody, in charge, in chains; under lock and key, under hatches;
on parole.

#755. [Vicarious authority.] Commission.-- N. commission, delegation;
consignment, assignment; procuration; deputation, legation, mission,
embassy; agency, agentship; power of attorney; clerkship.
errand, charge, brevet, diploma, exequatur, permit &c. (permission)
760.
appointment, nomination, return; charter; ordination; installation,
inauguration, investiture; accession, coronation, enthronement.
vicegerency; regency, regentship.
viceroy &c. 745; consignee &c. 758; deputy &c. 759.
V. commission, delegate, depute; consign, assign; charge; intrust,
entrust; commit, commit to the hands of; authorize &c. (permit) 760.
put in commission, accredit, engage, hire, bespeak, appoint, name,
nominate, return, ordain; install, induct, inaugurate, invest, crown;
enroll, enlist; give power of attorney to.
employ, empower; set over, place over; send out.
be commissioned, be accredited; represent, stand for; stand in the
stead of, stand in the place of, stand in the shoes of.
Adj. commissioned &c. v.
Adv. per procurationem.

#756. Abrogation.-- N. abrogation, annulment, nullification; vacatur;
canceling &c. v.; cancel; revocation, revokement; repeal, rescission,
defeasance.
dismissal, conge, demission|; bounce* [U.S.]; deposal, deposition;
dethronement; disestablishment, disendowment; deconsecration; sack*,
walking papers, walking ticket; yellow cover*.
abolition, abolishment; dissolution.
counter order, countermand; repudiation, retractation; recantation &c.
(tergiversation) 607; abolitionist.
V. abrogate, annul, cancel; destroy &c. 162; abolish; revoke,
repeal, rescind, reverse, retract, recall; abolitionize; overrule,
override; set aside; disannul, dissolve, quash, nullify, declare null and
void; disestablish, disendow; deconsecrate.
disclaim &c. (deny) 536; ignore, repudiate; recant &c. 607; divest
oneself, break off.
countermand, counter order; do away with; sweep away, brush away;
throw overboard, throw to the dogs; scatter to the winds, cast behind.
dismiss, discard; cast off, turn off, cast out, cast adrift, cast out
of doors, cast aside, cast away; send off, send away, send about one's
business; discharge, get rid of &c. (eject) 297; bounce* [U.S.]; fire*,
fire out*; sack*.
cashier; break; oust; unseat, unsaddle; unthrone, dethrone,
disenthrone; depose, uncrown; unfrock, strike off the roll; disbar,
disbench.
be abrogated &c.; receive its quietus.
Adj. abrogated &c. v.; functus officio.
Int. get along with you! begone! go about your business! away with!

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#757. Resignation.-- N. resignation, retirement, abdication,
renunciation, abjuration; abandonment, relinquishment.
V. resign; give up, throw up; lay down, throw up the cards, wash one's
hands of, abjure, renounce, forego, disclaim, retract; deny &c. 536.
abrogate &c. 756; desert &c. (relinquish) 624; get rid of &c. 782.
abdicate; vacate, vacate one's seat; accept the stewardship of the
Chiltern Hundreds; retire; tender one's resignation.
Adj. abdicant.
Phr. "Othello's occupation's gone" [Othello].

#758. Consignee.-- N. consignee, trustee, nominee, committee.
delegate; commissary, commissioner; emissary, envoy, commissionaire,;
messenger &c. 534.
diplomatist, diplomat(e), corps diplomatique, embassy; ambassador,
embassador; representative, resident, consul, legate, nuncio, internuncio,
charge d'affaires, attache.
vicegerent &c. (deputy) 759; plenipotentiary.
functionary, placeman, curator; treasurer &c. 801; agent, factor,
bailiff, clerk, secretary, attorney, solicitor, proctor, broker,
underwriter, commission agent, auctioneer, one's man of business; factotum
&c. (director) 694; caretaker; dalal, dubash, garnishee, gomashta.
negotiator, go-between; middleman; under agent, employe; servant &c.
746.
traveler, bagman, commis-voyageur, touter, commercial traveler,
drummer [U.S.], traveling man.
newspaper correspondent, own correspondent, special correspondent.

#759. Deputy.-- N. deputy, substitute, vice, proxy, locum tenens,
badli, delegate, representative, next friend, surrogate, secondary.
regent, viceregent, vizier, minister, vicar; premier &c. (director)
694; chancellor, prefect, provost, warden, lieutenant, archon, consul,
proconsul; viceroy &c. (governor) 745; commissioner &c. 758; Tsung-li
Yamen, Wai Wu Pu; plenipotentiary, alter ego.
team, eight, eleven; champion.
V. be deputy &c. n.; stand for, appear for, hold a brief for, answer
for; represent; stand in the shoes of, walk in the shoes of; stand in the
stead of.
ablegate, accredit.
Adj. acting, vice, vice regal; accredited to.
Adv. in behalf of.

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Section II. SPECIAL INTERSOCIAL VOLITION

#760. Permission.-- N. permission, leave; allowance, sufferance;
tolerance, toleration; liberty, law, license, concession, grace; indulgence
&c. (lenity) 740; favor, dispensation, exemption, release; connivance;
vouchsafement.
authorization, warranty, accordance, admission.
permit, warrant, brevet, precept, sanction, authority, firman; hukm;
pass, passport; furlough, license, carte blanche, ticket of leave; grant,
charter; patent.
V. permit; give permission &c. n., give power; let, allow, admit;
suffer, bear with, tolerate, recognize; concede &c. 762; accord, vouchsafe,
favor, humor, gratify, indulge, stretch a point; wink at, connive at; shut
one's eyes to.
grant, empower, charter, enfranchise, privilege, confer a privilege,
license, authorize, warrant; sanction; intrust &c. (commission) 755.
give carte blanche, give the reins to, give scope to &c. (freedom)
748; leave alone, leave it to one, leave the door open; open the door to,
open the flood gates; give a loose to.
let off; absolve &c. (acquit) 970; release, exonerate, dispense with.
ask permission, beg permission, request permission, ask leave, beg
leave, request leave.
Adj. permitting &c. v.; permissive, indulgent; permitted &c. v.;
patent, chartered, permissible, allowable, lawful, legitimate, legal;
legalized &c. (law) 963; licit; unforbid, unforbidden; unconditional.
Adv. by leave, with leave, on leave &c. n.; speciali gratia; under
favor of; pace; ad libitum &c. (freely) 748, (at will) 600; by all means
&c. (willingly) 602; yes &c. (assent) 488.
Phr. avec permissin; brevet d'invention.

#761. Prohibition.-- N. prohibition, inhibition; veto, disallowance;
interdict, interdiction; injunction; embargo, ban, taboo, proscription;
index expurgatorius; restriction &c. (restraint) 751; hindrance &c.706;
forbidden fruit; Maine law [U.S.].
V. prohibit, inhibit; forbid, put one's veto upon, disallow; bar;
debar &c. (hinder) 706, forefend.
keep in, keep within bounds; restrain &c. 751; cohibit, withhold,
limit, circumscribe, clip the wings of, restrict; interdict, taboo; put
under an interdiction, place under an interdiction; put under the ban,
place under the ban; proscribe; exclude, shut out; shut the door, bolt the
door, show the door; warn off; dash the cup from one's lips; forbid the
banns.
Adj. prohibitive, prohibitory; proscriptive; restrictive, exclusive;
forbidding &c. v.
prohibited &c. v.; not permitted &c. 760; unlicensed, contraband,
under the ban of; illegal &c. 964; unauthorized, not to be thought of.
Adv. on no account &c. (no) 536.
Int. forbid it heaven! &c. (deprecation) 766.
hands off! keep off! hold! stop! avast!
Phr. that will never do.

#762. Consent.-- N. consent; assent &c. 488; acquiescence; approval
&c. 931; compliance, agreement, concession; yieldance|, yieldingness;
accession, acknowledgment, acceptance, agnition|.
settlement, ratification, confirmation, adjustment.
permit &c. (permission) 760; promise &c. 768.
V. consent; assent &c. 488; yield assent, admit, allow, concede,
grant, yield; come round, come over; give into, acknowledge, agnize, give
consent, comply with, acquiesce, agree to, fall in with, accede, accept,
embrace an offer, close with, take at one's word, have no objection.
satisfy, meet one's wishes, settle, come to terms &c. 488; not refuse
&c. 764; turn a willing ear &c. (willingness) 602; jump at; deign,
vouchsafe; promise &c. 768.
Adj. consenting &c. v.; squeezable; agreed &c. (assent) 488;
unconditional.
Adv. yes &c. (assent) 488; by all means &c. (willingly) 602; if you
please, as you please; be it so, so be it, well and good, of course.
Phr. chi tace accousente.

#763. Offer.-- N. offer, proffer, presentation, tender, bid, overture;
proposal, proposition; motion, invitation; candidature; offering &c. (gift)
784.
V. offer, proffer, present, tender; bid; propose, move; make a motion,
make advances; start; invite, hold out, place in one's way, put forward.
hawk about; offer for sale &c. 796; press &c. (request) 765; lay at
one's feet.
offer oneself, present oneself; volunteer, come forward, be a
candidate; stand for, bid for; seek; be at one's service; go a begging;
bribe &c. (give) 784.
Adj. offering, offered &c. v.; in the market, for sale, to let,
disengaged, on hire.

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#764. Refusal.-- N. refusal, rejection; noncompliance, incompliance;
denial; declining &c. v.; declension; declinature; peremptory refusal, flat
refusal, point blank refusal; repulse, rebuff; discountenance.
recusancy, abnegation, protest, disclaimer; dissent &c. 489;
revocation &c. 756.
V. refuse, reject, deny, decline; nill, negative; refuse one's assent,
withhold one's assent; shake the head; close the hand, close the purse;
grudge, begrudge, be slow to, hang fire; pass [at cards].
be deaf to; turn a deaf ear to, turn one's back upon; set one's face
against, discountenance, not hear of, have nothing to do with, wash one's
hands of, stand aloof, forswear, set aside, cast behind one; not yield an
inch &c. (obstinancy) 606.
resist, cross; not grant &c. 762; repel, repulse, shut the door in
one's face, slam the door in one's face; rebuff; send back, send to the
right about, send away with a flea in the ear; deny oneself, not be at home
to; discard &c. (repudiate) 610; rescind &c. (revoke) 756; disclaim,
protest; dissent &c. 489.
Adj. refusing &c. v.; restive, restiff|; recusant; uncomplying,
unconsenting; not willing to hear of, deaf to.
refused &c. v.; ungranted, out of the question, not to be thought of,
impossible.
Adv. no &c. 536; on no account, not for the world; no thank you.
Phr. non possumus; [ironically] your humble servant; bien oblige; not
on your life [U.S.].

#765. Request.-- N. request, requisition; claim &c. (demand) 741;
petition, suit, prayer; begging letter, round robin.
motion, overture, application, canvass, address, appeal, apostrophe;
imprecation; rogation; proposal, proposition.
orison &c. (worship) 990; incantation &c. (spell) 993.
mendicancy; asking, begging &c. v.; postulation, solicitation,
invitation, entreaty, importunity, supplication, instance, impetration,
imploration, obsecration, obtestation, invocation, interpellation.
V. request, ask; beg, crave, sue, pray, petition, solicit, invite, pop
the question, make bold to ask; beg leave, beg a boon; apply to, call to,
put to; call upon, call for; make a request, address a request, prefer a
request, put up a request, make a prayer, address a prayer, prefer a
prayer, put up a prayer, make a petition, address a petition, prefer a
petition, put up a petition; make application, make a requisition; ask
trouble, ask one for; claim &c. (demand) 741; offer up prayers &c.
(worship) 990; whistle for.
beg hard, entreat, beseech, plead, supplicate, implore; conjure,
adjure; obtest; cry to, kneel to, appeal to; invoke, evoke; impetrate,
imprecate, ply, press, urge, beset, importune, dun, tax, clamor for; cry
aloud, cry for help; fall on one's knees; throw oneself at the feet of;
come down on one's marrowbones.
beg from door to door, send the hat round, go a begging; mendicate,
mump, cadge, beg one's bread.
dance attendance on, besiege, knock at the door.
bespeak, canvass, tout, make interest, court; seek, bid for &c.
(offer) 763; publish the banns.
Adj. requesting &c. v.; precatory; suppliant, supplicant,
supplicatory; postulant; obsecratory.
importunate, clamorous, urgent; cap in hand; on one's knees, on one's
bended knees, on one's marowbones.
Adv. prithee, do, please, pray; be so good as, be good enough; have
the goodness, vouchsafe, will you, I pray thee, if you please.
Int. for God's sake! for heaven's sake! for goodness' sake! for
mercy's sake!
Phr. Dieu vous garde; dirigenos Domine.

#766. [Negative request.] Deprecation.-- N. deprecation,
expostulation; intercession, mediation, protest, remonstrance.
V. deprecate, protest, expostulate, enter a protest, intercede for;
remonstrate.
Adj. deprecatory, expostulatory, intercessory, mediatorial.
deprecated, protested.
unsought, unbesought; unasked &c. (see ask &c. 765).
Int. cry you mercy! God forbid! forbid it Heaven! Heaven forefend,
Heaven forbid! far be it from! hands off! &c. (prohibition) 761.

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