See Also: Require(medicine)
require(1)(dictionary)
require(2)(dictionary)
require(dictionary)

require(2) (iou)



require verb. LME.
[Old French requer-, requier- stem of requere (mod. requerir) from Proto-Romance from Latin requirere, formed as RE- + quaerere seek, ask.]
verb trans. Ask (a person) a question, inquire of (someone) if, why, etc.; request something from or of (a person). Also foll. by that, to do. LME-E17.
b. Seek, search for; inquire after. Also, invite or summon to something. LME-L18.
verb trans. Demand (a thing) authoritatively or as a right, insist on having (freq. foll. by from, of); order or instruct (a person etc.) to do something. LME.
I. Murdoch A nominal faith..was required..in any candidate. M. Amis The..factory..requires him to be at its premises.
b. Ask or wish for (a thing) as a favour; desire or request to do. Now rare. LME.
verb intrans. Make a request or demand. LME.
verb trans. Demand (a thing, that) or call on (a person to do), in order to comply with a law, regulation, custom, etc. Also foll. by from, of. LME.
G. Vidal Protocol required his presence. M. Cox Doing what was required of him officially. Times Coaches will be required to be fitted with limiters.
verb trans. Need (a thing or person) for a particular purpose; depend on for success or fulfilment. Now also, need to be done, to do. LME.
W. Irving It does not require a palace to be happy. J. N. Lockyer More than 1,200,000 Earths would be required to make one Sun. W. W. Jacobs His..services would no longer be required. A. S. Neill A child requires to know how to..write correctly. A. Cross Work..requiring youthful energy.
b. Be necessary to do something. Now rare. L15.
verb trans. Feel a wish to do something; wish to have (a thing). E19.
Melody Maker Band requires record company.
requirable adjective (now rare) LME.
requirer noun (now rare) L15.