About The Word Request
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Request
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What's The Definition Of Request?
[n] a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
[n] the verbal act of requesting [v] express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" [v] ask (a person) to do something; "She asked him to be here at noon"; "I requested that she type the entire manuscript" [v] inquire for (information); "I requested information from the secretary" Synonyms | Synonyms for Request: asking | bespeak | call for | petition | postulation | quest Related Terms | Find terms related to Request: See Also | appeal | appeal | application | apply | arrogate | ask | ask in | ask out | ask over | ask round | beg | beg off | bid | billing | book | call | call | challenge | charge | claim | collection | communicate | content | declare oneself | demand | demand | desire | encore | enjoin | enquire | entreaty | excuse | hold | indirect request | ingathering | inquire | inquiring | invitation | invite out | invoke | lay claim | message | notice | notification | offer | order | order | orison | pass | pass on | petition | pop the question | prayer | propose | put across | questioning | reserve | say | seek | solicit | solicitation | speech act | subject matter | substance | supplicate | take out | tap | tell | trick or treat | wish | wonder Request In Webster's Dictionary \Re*quest"\ (r?-kw[hand]st"), n. [OE. requeste, OF.
requeste, F. requ?te, LL. requesta, for requisita, fr. L.
requirere, requisitum, to seek again, ask for. See {Require},
and cf. {Quest}.]
1. The act of asking for anything desired; expression of
desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition;
entreaty.
I will marry her, sir, at your request. --Shak.
2. That which is asked for or requested. ``He gave them their
request.'' --Ps. cvi. 15.
I will both hear and grant you your requests.
--Shak.
3. A state of being desired or held in such estimation as to
be sought after or asked for; demand.
Knowledge and fame were in as great request as
wealth among us now. --Sir W.
Temple.
{Court of Requests}.
(a) A local tribunal, sometimes called {Court of
Consience}, founded by act of Parliament to facilitate
the recovery of small debts from any inhabitant or
trader in the district defined by the act; -- now
mostly abolished.
(b) A court of equity for the relief of such persons as
addressed the sovereign by supplication; -- now
abolished. It was inferior to the Court of Chancery.
[Eng.] --Brande & C.
Syn: Asking; solicitation; petition; prayer; supplication;
entreaty; suit.
\Re*quest"\ (r?-kw?st"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Requested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Requesting}.] [Cf. OF. requester, F. requ[^e]ter.] 1. To ask for (something); to express desire ffor; to solicit; as, to request his presence, or a favor. 2. To address with a request; to ask. I request you To give my poor host freedom. --Shak. Syn: To ask; solicit; entreat; beseech. See {Beg}. |
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