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Seldom, indeed, is it that fervent supplication fails to call down solace to the afflicted.
ROOKWOODWILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH
Do thou give a penny, or they will call down on thee every ill in thy limbs.
THE ELDER EDDAS OF SAEMUND SIGFUSSON; AND THE YOUNGER EDDAS OF SNORRE STURLESONSAEMUND SIGFUSSON AND SNORRE STURLESON
I call down ruin on thee and thine—yea and on Brighteyes also, for he has brought this thing to pass.
ERIC BRIGHTEYESH. RIDER HAGGARD
Here they sing to call down their god Túni, whom they also call their brother-in-law (Gunósi).
UNKNOWN MEXICO, VOLUME 1 (OF 2)CARL LUMHOLTZ
She longed to call down, to warn the carpenters of the folly of their act.
A THORNY PATH [PER ASPERA], COMPLETEGEORG EBERS
"Call down your companions from upstairs," Wilhelm said again.
THE SMUGGLER CHIEFGUSTAVE AIMARD
There is a mystical substance, and it can give monstrous pleasures or call down monstrous punishments.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAWGILBERT K. CHESTERTON
Why shouldn't she call down to him over the banister as she had always done?
THE LITTLE COLONEL'S KNIGHT COMES RIDINGANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON
One of the Sepoys suddenly began to call down curses on the head of some sacrilegious thief.
WANDERINGS IN INDIAJOHN LANG
Who can call down thunderbolts from heaven, unless he be an envoy of the Gods?
WOMAN ON HER OWN, FALSE GODS & THE RED ROBEEUGNE BRIEUX

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cause célèbrenoun | [kawz suh-leb-ruh, -leb; French kohz sey-leb-ruh ]SEE DEFINITION