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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 ]