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re⋅quire

  [ri-kwahyuhr] verb, -quired, -quir⋅ing.
Use require in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to have need of; need: He requires medical care.
2. to call on authoritatively; order or enjoin to do something: to require an agent to account for money spent.
3. to ask for authoritatively or imperatively; demand.
4. to impose need or occasion for; make necessary or indispensable: The work required infinite patience.
5. to call for or exact as obligatory; ordain: The law requires annual income-tax returns.
6. to place under an obligation or necessity: The situation requires me to take immediate action.
7. Chiefly British. to desire; wish to have: Will you require tea at four o'clock?
–verb (used without object)
8. to demand; impose obligation: to do as the law requires.
Origin:
1300–50; ME requiren < L requīrere, equiv. to re- re- + -quīrere, comb. form of quaerere to seek, search for (cf. quest )

Related forms:
re⋅quir⋅a⋅ble, adjective
re⋅quir⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. See lack. 3. See demand. 6. obligate, necessitate.

Antonyms:
3. forgo.
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re·quire   (rĭ-kwīr')   
tr.v.   re·quired, re·quir·ing, re·quires

  1. To have as a requisite; need: Most plants require sunlight.

  2. To call for as obligatory or appropriate; demand. See Synonyms at demand.

  3. To impose an obligation on; compel: Students are required to attend classes.


[Middle English requiren, from Old French requerre, from Vulgar Latin *requaerere, alteration (influenced by quaerere, to seek) of Latin requīrere : re-, re- + quaerere, to seek.]
re·quir'a·ble adj., re·quir'er n.
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