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Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations

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S: (v) bid (bid%2:32:02::), beseech (beseech%2:32:00::), entreat (entreat%2:32:00::), adjure (adjure%2:32:01::), press (press%2:32:01::), conjure (conjure%2:32:03::) (ask for or request earnestly) "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"

S: (v) plead (plead%2:32:00::) (appeal or request earnestly) "I pleaded with him to stop"

S: (v) appeal (appeal%2:32:00::), invoke (invoke%2:32:04::) (request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection) "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in times of trouble"

S: (v) request (request%2:32:01::), ask for (ask_for%2:32:00::), bespeak (bespeak%2:32:00::), call for (call_for%2:32:04::), quest (quest%2:32:01::) (express the need or desire for) "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service"; "when you call, always ask for Mary"

S: (v) communicate (communicate%2:32:01::), pass on (pass_on%2:32:00::), pass (pass%2:32:01::), pass along (pass_along%2:32:00::), put across (put_across%2:32:00::) (transmit information) "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news"

S: (v) convey (convey%2:40:10::), transmit (transmit%2:40:10::), communicate (communicate%2:40:10::) (transfer to another) "communicate a disease"

S: (v) transfer (transfer%2:40:01::) (move from one place to another) "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital"

S: (v) move (move%2:38:01::), displace (displace%2:38:02::) (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense) "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"

W: (adj) biddable (biddable%3:00:00:obedient:00) [Related to: bid] (willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest) "too acquiescent to challenge authority"; "a gentle, biddable soul"
W: (n) bid (bid%1:10:03::) [Related to: bid] (an authoritative direction or instruction to do something)
W: (n) bidding (bidding%1:10:02::) [Related to: bid] (an authoritative direction or instruction to do something)
W: (adj) adjuratory (adjuratory%3:00:00:beseeching:00) [Related to: adjure] (earnestly or solemnly entreating) "in adjuratory terms"
W: (n) adjuration (adjuration%1:10:00::) [Related to: adjure] (a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something)