verb
1. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
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raise the specter of unemployment
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he conjured wild birds in the air
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call down the spirits from the mountain
• Syn:
↑raise, ↑conjure, ↑conjure up, ↑invoke, ↑evoke, ↑stir, ↑arouse, ↑bring up, ↑put forward, ↑call forth
• Derivationally related forms:
↑evocation (for: ↑evoke), ↑invocation (for: ↑invoke), ↑conjurer (for: ↑conjure), ↑conjuration (for: ↑conjure), ↑conjuror (for: ↑conjure), ↑conjury (for: ↑conjure), ↑conjuring (for: ↑conjure)
• Hyponyms:
• Verb Group: ↑provoke, ↑evoke, ↑call forth, ↑kick up
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Something ——s something
2. censure severely or angrily
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The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
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The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
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The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
• Syn:
↑call on the carpet, ↑take to task, ↑rebuke, ↑rag, ↑trounce, ↑reproof, ↑lecture, ↑reprimand, ↑jaw, ↑dress down, ↑scold, ↑chide, ↑berate, ↑bawl out, ↑remonstrate, ↑chew out, ↑chew up, ↑have words, ↑lambaste, ↑lambast
• Derivationally related forms:
↑chiding (for: ↑chide), ↑scolder (for: ↑scold), ↑scolding (for: ↑scold), ↑reprimand (for: ↑reprimand), ↑lecture (for: ↑lecture), ↑reproof (for: ↑reproof), ↑rebuker (for: ↑rebuke), ↑rebuke (for: ↑rebuke)
• Hypernyms: ↑knock, ↑criticize, ↑criticise, ↑pick apart
• Hyponyms:
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody
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Somebody ——s PP
(for: ↑have words)-
Somebody ——s PP
(for: ↑remonstrate)* * *
transitive verb1. : to cause or entreat to descend : bring or draw down : invoke
call down a blessing on the crops
call down upon himself the displeasure of the village
2. : to reprimand or scold for an offense
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call down
1. To invoke
2. To rebuke, reprove sharply and angrily (esp US informal)
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Main Entry: ↑call
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ˌcall ˈdown [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they call down he/she/it calls down present participle calling down past tense called down past participle called down] literary phrasal verb
to pray for something bad to happen to someone
Thesaurus: christian ceremonies, services, prayers and practiceshyponym
Main entry: call
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call down [phrasal verb]
call down (something) or call (something) down literary : to pray or ask God to do something to someone
He called down a blessing/curse on the king. [=he prayed that the king would be blessed/cursed]
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Main Entry: ↑call
Useful english dictionary. 2012.