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(r?-kw?r"), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Required (-kw?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n.Requiring.] [OE. requeren, requiren, OF. requerre, F. requrir; 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 Csar 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. スポンサード リンク
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