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a. Cited before; quoted in a foregoing part of the treatise or essay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Frequency. ] 1. A crowd; a throng; a concourse. [ Archaic. ] Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Frequency; abundance. [ R. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Frequencies [ L. frequentia numerous attendance, multitude: cf. F. fréquence. See Frequent. ] 1. The condition of returning frequently; occurrence often repeated; common occurence; as, the frequency of crimes; the frequency of miracles. [ 1913 Webster ]

The reasons that moved her to remove were, because Rome was a place of riot and luxury, her soul being almost stifled with, the frequencies of ladies' visits. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A crowd; a throng. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. frequens, -entis, crowded, frequent, akin to farcire to stuff: cf. F. fréquent. Cf. Farce, n. ] 1. Often to be met with; happening at short intervals; often repeated or occurring; as, frequent visits. “Frequent feudal towers.” Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent. [ 1913 Webster ]

He has been loud and frequent in declaring himself hearty for the government. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Full; crowded; thronged. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

'T is Cæsar's will to have a frequent senate. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Often or commonly reported. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

'T is frequent in the city he hath subdued
The Catti and the Daci. Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Frequented; p. pr. & vb. n. Frequenting. ] [ L. frequentare: cf. F. fréquenter. See Frequent, a. ] 1. To visit often; to resort to often or habitually; as, to frequent a tavern. [ 1913 Webster ]

He frequented the court of Augustus. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make full; to fill. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

With their sighs the air
Frequenting, sent from hearts contrite. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Accessible. [ R. ] Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The practice or habit of frequenting. [ R. ] Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. frequentatio a crowding together, frequency: cf. F. fréquentation. ] The act or habit of frequenting or visiting often; resort. Chesterfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. frequentativus: cf. F. fréquentatif. ] (Gram.) Serving to express the frequent repetition of an action; as, a frequentative verb. -- n. A frequentative verb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who frequents; one who often visits, or resorts to customarily. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. At frequent or short intervals; many times; often; repeatedly; commonly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being frequent. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ L. infrequentia scantiness : cf. F. infrequence. ] 1. The state of rarely occuring; uncommonness; rareness; as, the infrequence of his visits. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of not being frequented; solitude; isolation; retirement; seclusion. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The solitude and infrequency of the place. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. infrequens : cf. F. infrequent. See In- not, and Frequent. ] Seldom happening or occurring; rare; uncommon; unusual. [ 1913 Webster ]

The act whereof is at this day infrequent or out of use
among all sorts of men. Sir T. Elyot. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Not frequently; rarely. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Coming between the equinoxes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Summer and winter I have called interequinoctial intervals. F. Balfour. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. Cf. Lamboys, Label. ] 1. A kind of pendent scarf or covering attached to the helmet, to protect it from wet or heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A leather flap hanging from a cuirass. Wilhelm. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A piece of ornament drapery or short decorative hanging, pendent from a shelf or from the casing above a window, hiding the curtain fixtures, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Too frequent. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To require beforehand. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some things are prerequired of us. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Previously required; necessary as a preliminary to any proposed effect or end; as, prerequisite conditions of success. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Something previously required, or necessary to an end or effect proposed. [ 1913 Webster ]

The necessary prerequisites of freedom. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To require. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. requeste, OF. requeste, F. requête, LL. requesta, for requisita, fr. L. requirere, requisitum, to seek again, ask for. See Require, and cf. Quest. ] 1. The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will marry her, sir, at your request. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is asked for or requested. “He gave them their request.” Ps. cvi. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will both hear and grant you your requests. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A state of being desired or held in such estimation as to be sought after or asked for; demand. [ 1913 Webster ]

Knowledge and fame were in as great request as wealth among us now. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

Court of Requests. (a) A local tribunal, sometimes called Court of Consience, founded by act of Parliament to facilitate the recovery of small debts from any inhabitant or trader in the district defined by the act; -- now mostly abolished. (b) A court of equity for the relief of such persons as addressed the sovereign by supplication; -- now abolished. It was inferior to the Court of Chancery. [ Eng. ] Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Asking; solicitation; petition; prayer; supplication; entreaty; suit. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Requested; p. pr. & vb. n. Requesting. ] [ Cf. OF. requester, F. requêter. ] 1. To ask for (something); to express desire ffor; to solicit; as, to request his presence, or a favor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To address with a request; to ask. [ 1913 Webster ]

I request you
To give my poor host freedom. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To ask; solicit; entreat; beseech. See Beg. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who requests; a petitioner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To quicken anew; to reanimate; to give new life to. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Acc. of L. requies rest, the first words of the Mass being “Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, ” give eternal rest to them, O lord; pref. re- re + quies quiet. See Quiet, n., and cf. Requin. ] 1. (R.C.Ch.) A mass said or sung for the repose of a departed soul. [ 1913 Webster ]

We should profane the service of the dead
To sing a requiem and such rest to her
As to peace-parted souls. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any grand musical composition, performed in honor of a deceased person. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Rest; quiet; peace. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Else had I an eternal requiem kept,
And in the arms of peace forever slept. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. requietorium, fr. requiescere, requietum, to rest. See Re-, and Quiesce. ] A sepulcher. [ Obs. ] Weever. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. reqiem a Mass sung for the dead. See Requiem. ] (Zool.) The man-eater, or white shark (Carcharodon carcharias); -- so called on account of its causing requiems to be sung. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being required; proper to be required. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Required p. pr. & vb. n. Requiring. ] [ OE. requeren, requiren, OF. requerre, F. requ&unr_;rir; 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shall I say to Caesar
What you require of him? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

By nature did what was by law required. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To demand or exact as indispensable; to need. [ 1913 Webster ]

Just gave what life required, and gave no more. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

The two last [ biographies ] require to be particularly noticed. J. A. Symonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To ask as a favor; to request. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To claim; exact; enjoin; prescribe; direct; order; demand; need. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of requiring; demand; requisition. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is required; an imperative or authoritative command; an essential condition; something needed or necessary; a need. [ 1913 Webster ]

One of those who believe that they can fill up every requirement contained in the rule of righteousness. J. M. Mason. [ 1913 Webster ]

God gave her the child, and gave her too an instinctive knowledge of its nature and requirements. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who requires. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which is required, or is necessary; something indispensable. [ 1913 Webster ]

God, on his part, has declared the requisites on ours; what we must do to obtain blessings, is the great business of us all to know. Wake. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. requisitus, p. p. requirere; pref. re- re- + quaerere to ask. See Require. ] Required by the nature of things, or by circumstances; so needful that it can not be dispensed with; necessary; indispensable. [ 1913 Webster ]

All truth requisite for men to know. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Necessary; needful; indispensable; essential. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Req"ui*site*ly, adv. -- Req"ui*site*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.[ Cf. F. réquisition, L. requisitio a searching. ] 1. The act of requiring, as of right; a demand or application made as by authority. Specifically: (a) (International Law) A formal demand made by one state or government upon another for the surrender or extradition of a fugitive from justice. Kent. (b) (Law) A notarial demand of a debt. Wharton. (c) (Mil.) A demand by the invader upon the people of an invaded country for supplies, as of provision, forage, transportation, etc. Farrow. (d) A formal application by one officer to another for things needed in the public service; as, a requisition for clothing, troops, or money. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is required by authority; especially, a quota of supplies or necessaries. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A written or normal call; an invitation; a summons; as, a reqisition for a public meeting. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To make a reqisition on or for; as, to requisition a district for forage; to requisition troops. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To present a requisition to; to summon request; as, to requisition a person to be a candidate. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes or signs a requisition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Expressing or implying demand. [ R. ] Harris. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, makes requisition; a requisitionist. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes reqisition; esp., one authorized by a requisition to investigate facts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sought for; demanded. [ R. ] Summary on Du Bartas (1621). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That may be requited. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Requite. ] The act of requiting; also, that which requites; return, good or bad, for anything done; in a good sense, compensation; recompense; as, the requital of services; in a bad sense, retaliation, or punishment; as, the requital of evil deeds. [ 1913 Webster ]

No merit their aversion can remove,
Nor ill requital can efface their love. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Compensation; recompense; remuneration; reward; satisfaction; payment; retribution; retaliation; reprisal; punishment. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Requited; p. pr. & vb. n. Requiting. ] [ Pref. re- + quit. ] To repay; in a good sense, to recompense; to return (an equivalent) in good; to reward; in a bad sense, to retaliate; to return (evil) for evil; to punish. [ 1913 Webster ]

He can requite thee; for he knows the charma
That call fame on such gentle acts as these. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand. Ps. x. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To repay; reward; pay; compensate; remunerate; satisfy; recompense; punish; revenge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Requital [ Obs. ] E. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who requites. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Infrequency. [ 1913 Webster ]