Thesaurus: require

Related headwords

Definitions

1. v. t. To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property.
2. v. t. To demand or exact as indispensable; to need.
3. v. t. To ask as a favor; to request.
4. v. require as useful, just, or proper
5. v. consider obligatory; request and expect
6. v. make someone do something
7. v. have need of
8. 1. To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property. Shall I say to Cæsar What you require of him Shak. By nature did what was by law required. Dryden. 2. To demand or exact as indispensable; to need. just gave what life required, and gave no more. Goldsmith. The two last [biographies] require to be particularly noticed. J. A. Symonds. 3. To ask as a favor; to request. 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. Syn. -- To claim; exact; enjoin; prescribe; direct; order; demand; need.
9. v:100 v require as useful, just, or proper v consider obligatory; request and expect v make someone do something v have need of