Nonce: alternatives and connections

The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing for a word or phrase of which…

a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase

To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights, etc.; as, I appeal to a…

By the way; to the purpose; suitably to the place or subject; -- a word used to introduce an incidental observation, suited to the occ…

appropriateness for the occasion; "the phrase had considerable aptness"

To utter in a loud or distinct voice; -- often with off; as, to call, or call off, the items of an account; to call the roll of a mili…

To call to a contest of any kind; to call to answer; to defy.

To call together, or call to follow, as a hen does her chickens.

That which is cropped, cut, or gathered from a single felld, or of a single kind of grain or fruit, or in a single season; especially,…

To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore.

To call a defendant or other party whose duty it is to be present in court, and make entry of his default, if he fails to appear; to e…

To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently o…

A tune played on the horn very early in the morning to call out the hunters; hence, any arousing sound or call.

A call or summons; especially, a judicial call, demand, or order; as, the invocation of papers or evidence into court.

The act of leaving or departing; a formal parting; a leaving; farewell; adieu; -- used chiefly in the phrase, to take leave, i. e., li…

Courtship; -- chiefly in the phrase to make love, i. e., to court, to woo, to solicit union in marriage.

Measure; limit; boundary; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in the phrase metes and bounds.

To give occasion to; to cause; to produce; to induce; as, to occasion anxiety.