require

Verb
Synonyms: necessitateaskpostulateneedtakeinvolvecall fordemandexpectcommandwant

WordNet 3.0

Verb (4)

  1. require as useful, just, or proper“It takes nerve to do what she did”“success usually requires hard work”“This job asks a lot of patience and skill”“This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice”“This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert”“This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent”Synonyms: necessitateaskpostulateneedtakeinvolvecall fordemand
  2. consider obligatory; request and expect“We require our secretary to be on time”“Aren't we asking too much of these children?”“I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons”Synonyms: askexpect
  3. make someone do somethingSynonyms: command
  4. have need of“This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner”Synonyms: wantneed
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Require \Re*quire"\ (r?-kw?r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Required (-kw?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Requiring.] [OE. requeren, requiren, OF. requerre, F. requ?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]

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