send for
verb
1 send for
Order, request, or command to come.
synonym: call.
Roget 741:
command,
order,
decree,
enact,
ordain,
dictate,
direct,
give orders.
prescribe,
set,
appoint,
mark out;
set a task,
prescribe a task,
impose a task;
set to work,
put in requisition.
bid,
enjoin,
charge,
call upon,
instruct;
require at the hands of;
exact,
impose,
tax,
task;
demand;
insist on
etc.
(compel)
744.
claim,
lay claim to,
revendicate†,
reclaim.
cite,
summon;
call for,
send for;
subpoena;
beckon.
issue a command;
make a requisition,
issue a requisition,
promulgate a requisition,
make a decree,
issue a decree,
promulgate a decree,
make an order,
issue an order,
promulgate an order
etc.
n.;
give the word of command,
give the word,
give the signal;
call to order;
give the law,
lay down the law;
assume the command
etc.
(authority)
737;
remand.
be ordered
&c.;
receive an order
etc.
n..
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Dutch: roepen
Moby thesaurus: bid come, call, call away, call back, call for, call forth, call in, call out, call together, call up, cite, conjure, conjure up, convene, convoke, demand, evoke, indent, invoke, muster, muster up, order up, page, preconize, recall, requisition, send after, serve, subpoena, summon, summon forth, summon up, summons ... show more.
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