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  1. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. To demand or exact as indispensable; to need. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. To ask as a favor; to request. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. require as useful, just, or proper Source: wordnet
  5. 5. v. consider obligatory; request and expect Source: wordnet
  6. 6. v. make someone do something Source: wordnet
  7. 7. v. have need of Source: wordnet
  8. 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. Source: webster
  9. 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 Source: ecdict

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