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Thesaurus: require

To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property.

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  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. v:100 v require as useful, just, or proper v consider obligatory; request and expect v make someone do something v have need of