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Definition of Reqire

Re*quire" (r?-kw?r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Required (-kw?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Requiring.] [OE. requeren, requiren, OF. requerre, F. requ&?;rir; L. pref. re- re- + quaerere to ask; cf. L. requirere. See Query, and cf. Request, Requisite.] 1. To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property.

Shall I say to Cæsar
What you require of him?
Shak.

By nature did what was by law required.
Dryden.

2. To demand or exact as indispensable; to need.

Just gave what life required, and gave no more.
Goldsmith.

The two last [biographies] require to be particularly noticed.
J. A. Symonds.

3. To ask as a favor; to request.

I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way.
Ezra viii. 22.

Syn. -- To claim; exact; enjoin; prescribe; direct; order; demand; need.

Re*quire" (r?-kw?r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Required (-kw?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Requiring.] [OE. requeren, requiren, OF. requerre, F. requ&?;rir; L. pref. re- re- + quaerere to ask; cf. L. requirere. See Query, and cf. Request, Requisite.] 1. To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property.

Shall I say to Cæsar
What you require of him?
Shak.

By nature did what was by law required.
Dryden.

2. To demand or exact as indispensable; to need.

Just gave what life required, and gave no more.
Goldsmith.

The two last [biographies] require to be particularly noticed.
J. A. Symonds.

3. To ask as a favor; to request.

I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way.
Ezra viii. 22.

Syn. -- To claim; exact; enjoin; prescribe; direct; order; demand; need.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property.
  • To demand or exact as indispensable; to need.
  • To ask as a favor; to request.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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