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Definition of Require
1. Verb. Require as useful, just, or proper. "They require him to write the letter"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"
Specialized synonyms: Claim, Exact, Take, Govern, Draw, Cost, Cry For, Cry Out For, Compel
Related verbs: Claim, Exact, Take
Derivative terms: Demand, Demand, Necessity, Necessity, Need, Requirement
Antonyms: Obviate
2. Verb. Consider obligatory; request and expect. "They require him to write the letter"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons"
Generic synonyms: Demand
Specialized synonyms: Call
Derivative terms: Expectation, Requirement
3. Verb. Make someone do something. "They require him to write the letter"
Generic synonyms: Enjoin, Order, Say, Tell
Specialized synonyms: Burden, Charge, Saddle, Requisition, Disallow, Forbid, Interdict, Nix, Prohibit, Proscribe, Veto
Derivative terms: Command, Commandment, Requisition
4. Verb. Have need of. "They require to move "; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"
Specialized synonyms: Cry
Generic synonyms: Be
Derivative terms: Need, Requirement, Want, Want, Wanter
Definition of Require
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.
Definition of Require
1. to have need of [v -QUIRED, -QUIRING, -QUIRES]
Medical Definition of Require
1. 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 Caesar 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) Synonym: To claim, exact, enjoin, prescribe, direct, order, demand, need. Origin: OE. Requeren, requiren, OF. Requerre, F. Requrir; L. Pref. Re- re- + quaerere to ask; cf. L. Requirere. See Query, and cf. Request, Requisite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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