verb (used with object)
- to invoke as witness.
- to supplicate earnestly; beseech.
verb (used without object)
- to protest.
- to make supplication; beseech.
verb rare
- (tr; may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to beg (someone) earnestly
- (when tr, takes a clause as object; when intr, may be foll by with or against) to object; protest
- (tr) to call (a supernatural power) to witness