- OE. requerenrequiren, OF. requerre, F. requ�rir; L. pref. re- re- + quaerere to ask; cf. L. requirere. See Query, and cf. RequestRequisite
- 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?By nature did what was by law required.
- To demand or exact as indispensable; to need.Just gave what life required, and gave no more.The two last [biographiesrequire to be particularly noticed.
- 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.To claim; exact; enjoin; prescribe; direct; order; demand; need.
