Required
[rɪ'kwaɪəd] or [rɪ'kwaɪrd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Require
Typist: Ruth
Examples
- 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.
- Many tons of pins are made in the United States weekly, and it is said that 20,000,000 pins a day are required to meet the demand. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- From 10 to 15 minutes only are required to convert the living animal into dressed pork. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In other works a much greater fixed capital is required. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- At least one-half of the force required for this service might be taken from the colored troops. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- If the distance is short, so that few air particles are involved, the time required for transmission is very brief, and the sound is heard at practically the instant it is made. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Wealthy men had to come together to create an enterprise; credit and plant, that is to say, Capital, were required. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Chief Butler, no doubt, reflected that the course of nature required the wealthy population to be kept up, on his account. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- But he hasn't borne the Roman yoke as I have, nor yet he hasn't been required to pander to your depraved appetite for miserly characters. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Now active exploitation was required. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Before the half-hour was out, I had got my dry clothes on, and had lent Sergeant Cuff such change of dress as he required. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Pillars are required under the center of the ice. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- And what, said Fanny (believing herself required to speak), what could you say? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Royalty payments must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax returns. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The metal casting of each page is very thin, and when required to be used, it is screwed on to blocks of wood to the same height as ordinary types. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- And on my replying yes, she said, Will my room be required, my dear Miss Summerson? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- This causes a sound of very great power, which the trumpet collects and compresses, and the blast goes out as a sort of sound beam in the direction required. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- These are at the same distance apart that the thickness of the strip is required to be. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- His business affairs had become complicated during the strike, and required closer attention than he had given to them last winter. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- This was her favourite work, as it required the least exertion. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Dash being all that was required to carry her triumphantly through, she adopted as much as was necessary. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- But this does not reflect upon or diminish the ingenuity required for its invention. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He was in fact unwell, and required Devonshire air. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Meyler possesses a good understanding when one can give him a fortnight to consider things; but whenever impulse is required he is of no use on earth. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
Typist: Ruth