transitive. To order or call upon (a person) to do something; to send for to perform a task, duty, etc.

transitive. To summon or engage (a person) for a role, duty, or task; (in later use) (Sport) to select as part of a team or squad.

transitive. To order, instruct, or oblige (a person) to do something. In later use frequently in passive.

transitive. With infinitive. To bid, command, or enjoin (a person) to do something. Frequently with reference to a divine prompting or inner urge.

transitive. To call upon (a person) to do something. Obsolete. rare.

To ask (a person) authoritatively, peremptorily, urgently, etc. for (a thing); to require (a person) to do a thing. Obsolete.