About The Word Require
Learn about the word Require to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Require definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Require
| Require Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Require?
[v] make someone do something
[v] consider obligatory; request and expect; "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons" [v] have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner" [v] require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulates a patient's consent" Synonyms | Synonyms for Require: ask | ask | call for | command | compel | demand | expect | involve | necessitate | need | need | postulate | take | want Related Terms | Find terms related to Require: See Also | be | burden | call | charge | cost | cry | cry for | cry out for | demand | disallow | draw | enjoin | forbid | govern | imply | interdict | order | prohibit | proscribe | requisition | saddle | say | tell | veto Require In Webster's Dictionary \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 C[ae]sar 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.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Pushkin ‐ Russian poet…
- Impetuous ‐ characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation;…
- Platitudinal ‐ dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality;…
- Suborder ceratosaura ‐ primitive saurischian…
- Beef up ‐ make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your…
- Graverobber ‐ someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical…
- Model ‐ the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)…
- Lexical meaning ‐ the meaning of a word that depends on the nonlinguistic concepts…
- Trim down ‐ cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake";…
- Implanted ‐ (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly…