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.
verb (used without object)
8.
to demand; impose obligation: to do as the law requires.
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Pre require
is always a great word to know.
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English requiren < Latin requīrere, equivalent to re- re- + -quīrere, combining form of quaerere to seek, search for (compare quest)
1300–50; Middle English requiren < Latin requīrere, equivalent to re- re- + -quīrere, combining form of quaerere to seek, search for (compare quest)
Related forms
re·quir·a·ble, adjective
re·quir·er, noun
non·re·quir·a·ble, adjective
pre·re·quire, verb (used with object), pre·re·quired, pre·re·quir·ing.
qua·si-re·quired, adjective
Antonyms
3. forgo.
3. forgo.
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