- to call out (to); to call; to invoke
- to summon (a doctor, etc.)
- to invite
- to designate; to name; to brand
- to garner (support, etc.); to gather
- to take as one's wifearchaismsee also
Godan verb with 'bu' ending; transitive verb
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- to call out (to); to call; to invoke
- to summon (a doctor, etc.)
- to invite
- to designate; to name; to brand
- to garner (support, etc.); to gather
- to take as one's wife
This meaning is used when calling out to someone, addressing someone or invoking a name or a deity.
This meaning is used when calling someone for help or assistance, like summoning a doctor or a specialist.
This meaning is used when inviting someone to an event, party, or gathering.
This meaning is used when giving a designation or a name to something or someone.
This meaning is used when gathering support, followers, or opinions.
This meaning is used when referring to taking someone as a wife.
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Food and drink were served in such profusion at the wedding that the bride and groom began to wonder if they should not have invited more guests.
It seems as it was a shot-gun wedding so they're having a quiet wedding with only family and a couple of friends from university invited.
If you frequently spit-up blood you should call an ambulance or have a nearby physician make a house call.
The magician Sarah. Apparently people call her "The Great Mage" or some such.
In which case, I was also requested to invite all of you so if you would please accompany me...
There are grammar books that call these sorts of things, not modifiers, but adjuncts (A).
There were figures there from those of an age best called girls and boys to those who looked to be old enough to be about to live out their life span.
If it's an aggressive strange salesman, then call me right away. I'll chase him off.
At home, because of his reddish hair and freckles, his mother scornfully named him "carrot" and had everybody else call him that.
Not at all, that's perfectly fine. Calling each other by one's given name is a good thing; it produces a feeling of fellowship.
In reports in America, guerrilla resistance by the Iraq military is called terrorism.