Antonyms for calling upon


Grammar : Verb
Spell : kawl
Phonetic Transcription : kɔl


Definition of calling upon

Origin :
  • early 14c., from call (v.). Sense of "a short formal visit" is from 1862.
  • As in manage : verb be in charge, control
  • As in ask : verb invite
  • As in petition : verb plead, appeal for
  • As in require : verb ask, demand; necessitate
  • As in summon : verb call to a place
  • As in tell : verb communicate
  • As in beg : verb seek charity
  • As in beseech : verb beg
  • As in command : verb demand
  • As in conjure : verb cast spell
  • As in drop in : verb visit
  • As in enjoin : verb order, command
  • As in exhort : verb urge, warn
  • As in appeal : verb request
Example sentences :
  • It was only the old man calling his son: David calling upon Absalom.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • My object in calling upon him was to induce him to do me justice at last.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Reardon was calling upon reserves of decency and good feeling.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • And yet he had gone to the very verge, calling upon Seraphina as if she could hear him.
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
  • The American dashed to the stern, calling upon Guzman to follow.
  • Extract from : « Up the Forked River » by Edward Sylvester Ellis
  • If calling upon a guest in a home, you always ask for the hostess also.
  • Extract from : « The Etiquette of To-day » by Edith B. Ordway
  • Then I shall do myself the pleasure of calling upon you about six o'clock.
  • Extract from : « The Lock And Key Library » by Various
  • In calling upon this agency he acts the part of Frankenstein.
  • Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall
  • “A man named Hauser is calling upon him this evening,” Madame told me.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Face » by William Le Queux
  • Perhaps to-morrow I may have the pleasure of calling upon you.
  • Extract from : « The Slave of Silence » by Fred M. White

Synonyms for calling upon

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