require

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Synonyms: requite, requere, lequire

Antonyms: requite, requere, lequire

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Verb

1. To [[demand]], to insist upon (having); to call for authoritatively. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
2. Naturally to demand (something) as [[indispensable]]; to [[need]], to call for as necessary. {{defdate|from 15th c.}}
3. To [[demand]] (of someone) to do something. {{defdate|from 18th c.}}
4. {{lb|en|obsolete}} To [[ask]] (someone) for something; to [[request]]; to [[beseech]]. {{defdate|14th|17th c.}}

Source: Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wiktionary dump) · cached copy, not a rewrite.