Require
[rɪ'kwaɪə] or [rɪ'kwaɪr]
Definition
(v. t.) To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property.
(v. t.) To demand or exact as indispensable; to need.
(v. t.) To ask as a favor; to request.
Edited by Hattie
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Demand, claim, exact, insist upon.[2]. Need, want, call for.
Typist: Trevor
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Demand, claim, exact, insist_upon,[See REQUEST],[See ANT.]
Inputed by Bruno
Definition
v.t. to ask: to demand: to need: to exact: to direct.—adj. Requir′able that may be required: fit or proper to be required.—ns. Require′ment act of requiring: claim: demand; Requir′er; Requir′ing.
Editor: Luke
Examples
- Why, what a cod's head and shoulders I am, said Mr. Jarndyce, to require reminding of it! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- These revolutions require a rare combination of personal audacity and social patience. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Mr. Jobling is buttoned up closer than mere adornment might require. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Although the cotton is now a white, soft, clean, downy sheet, still the fibres cross each other in every direction, and they require to be straightened and laid parallel before the spinning. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He will require to grow accustomed to the sight of the upper world. Plato. The Republic.
- It will require a very great one to enable them to do so in the rude produce of the soil. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I told them, what I really thought, that the enquiry would be of a serious nature, and would require very good eyes. Plato. The Republic.
- Provisions are thereby rendered dearer, in the same manner as if it required extraordinary labour and expense to raise them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This required no answer, and received none. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Since the supply is small, induce to begin this study youths of about eig hteen years of age who are already acquainted with the sciences required in a general education. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- With a dazed face the banker made out the required check. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Rear guards were not necessary for him, and having always a railroad at his back, large wagon trains were not required. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Besides air this process required as raw materials limestone and coke. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It has required my utmost exertions to exist without making the least progress in our business. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The perfect impregnation of the water with gas, however, requires time. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Having discovered this relation, which requires no farther examination, I am curious to find some other of their qualities. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- You must remember that your uncle's state requires--hum--great forbearance from us, great forbearance. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Still, I go to Athens sometimes for amusement, and amusement requires money. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The acquisition of valuable and extensive property, therefore, necessarily requires the establishment of civil government. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- She indeed requires consolation; she accused herself of having caused the death of my brother, and that made her very wretched. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Sparkling Must requires an addition of 6 to 7 ounces of salicylic acid per 100 gallons. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- This was a very primitive device, requiring several minutes for the engine to make one stroke, but it was the beginning of the practical use of steam as a motive power. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- So shall you give me protection without sacrifice on your part, or the pretext of requiring any requital from me. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The improved instrument produces untempered tones without requiring extraordinary variations from the usual arrangement of the keys. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- By this means the instrument suits all eyes, without requiring adjustment, and the field of view is increased. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Hoofs hard, but requiring to be shod with iron. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- And you may further imagine that his instructor is pointing to the objects as they pass and requiring him to name them,--will he not be perplexed? Plato. The Republic.
- The pace of the sentries, Xodar said, was very slow, requiring nearly ten minutes to make a single round. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
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