requiring

Variant of require

transitive verb required, requiring

  1. to ask or insist upon, as by right or authority; demand: to require obedience
  2. to order; command: to require someone to be present
  3. to be in need of; need: to require help
  4. to call for as necessary or appropriate: work that requires a steady hand
  5. to demand by virtue of a law, regulation, etc.: what is required by law
  6. Archaic to ask for; request

Origin: ME requiren < base of OFr requerre < VL *requaerere, for L requirere < re-, again + quaerere, to ask

intransitive verb

Now Rare to make a demand
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