_orare et obsecrare aliquem_—to entreat earnestly; to make urgent
requests.
_magno opere, vehementer, etiam atque etiam rogare aliquem_—to entreat
earnestly; to make urgent requests.
_precibus aliquem fatigare_—to importune with petitions.
_supplicibus verbis orare_—to crave humbly; to supplicate.
_precibus obsequi_—to grant a request.
_alicui petenti satisfacere, non deesse_—to accede to a man's petitions.
_magnis (infimis) precibus moveri_—to be influenced by, to yield to
urgent (abject) entreaty.
_negare_, more strongly _denegare alicui aliquid_—to refuse, reject a
request.
_petenti alicui negare aliquid_—to refuse, reject a request.
_repudiare, aspernari preces alicuius_—to refuse, reject a request.
_nihil tibi a me postulanti recusabo_—I will refuse you nothing.
_aliquid ab aliquo impetrare_—to gain one's point with any one.
_optata mihi contingunt_—my wishes are being fulfilled.
_voluntati alicuius satisfacere, obsequi_—to satisfy a person's wishes.
_ex sententia_—as one would wish; to one's mind.
_aliquid optimis ominibus prosequi_ (_vid._ sect. VI. 11., note
_Prosequi..._)—to wish prosperity to an undertaking.
_bene id tibi vertat!_—I wish you all success in the matter.
_mandatum, negotium alicui dare_—to entrust a matter to a person; to
commission.
_negotium ad aliquem deferre_—to entrust a matter to a person; to
commission.
_mandatum exsequi, persequi, conficere_—to execute a commission.
_iussa_ (usually only in plur.), _imperata facere_—to carry out orders