requir

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 ]