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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.

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"

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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.

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