Word Meanings - REQUEST - Book Publishers vocabulary database

LL. requesta, for requisita, fr. L. requirere, requisitum, to seek 1. The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty. I will marry her, sir, at your request. Shak. 2. That which

Additional info about word: REQUEST

LL. requesta, for requisita, fr. L. requirere, requisitum, to seek 1. The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty. I will marry her, sir, at your request. Shak. 2. That which is asked for or requested. "He gave them their request." Ps. cvi. 15. I will both hear and grant you your requests. Shak. 3. A state of being desired or held in such estimation as to be sought after or asked for; demand. Knowledge and fame were in as great request as wealth among us now. Sir W. Temple. Court of Requests. A local tribunal, sometimes called Court of Consience, founded by act of Parliament to facilitate the recovery of small debts from any inhabitant or trader in the district defined by the act; -- now mostly abolished. A court of equity for the relief of such persons as addressed the sovereign by supplication; -- now abolished. It was inferior to the Court of Chancery. Brande & C. Syn. -- Asking; solicitation; petition; prayer; supplication; entreaty; suit.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of REQUEST)

• Appeal
• Accost
• address
• apostrophize
• invite
• cite
• invoke
• urge
• refer
• call upon
• entreat
• request
• resort
• Beg
• Ask
• supplicate
• beseech
• implore
• pray
• petition
• crave
• Beseech
• Entreat
• solicit
• ask
• beg
• Bid
• Tell
• instruct
• direct
• order
• proffer
• charge
• command
• propose
• offer
• Canvass Question
• Investigate
• challenge
• test
• dispute
• sift
• examine
• discuss
• apply for

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of REQUEST)

• Elude
• avoid
• shun
• ignore
• pass
• Pass
• allow
• grant
• concede
• Supplicate
• entreat
• persuade
• beg
• petition
• suggest
• represent
• Shun
• discard

Related words: (words related to REQUEST)

• INVITER
  One who, or that which, invites.
• SUPPLICATE
  supplicate; of uncertain origin, cf. supplex, supplicis, humbly begging or entreating; perhaps fr. sub under + a word akin to placare to reconcile, appease , or fr. sub under + plicare to fold, whence the idea of bending the knees . Cf. 1. To
• DIRECT CURRENT
  A current flowing in one direction only; -- distinguished from alternating current. When steady and not pulsating a direct current is often called a continuous current. A direct induced current, or momentary current of the same direction as the
• OFFER
  ferre to bear, bring. The English word was influenced by F. offrir to 1. To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up. Thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for
• DIRECTER
  One who directs; a director. Directer plane , the plane to which all right-lined elements in a warped surface are parallel.
• SUGGESTER
  One who suggests. Beau. & Fl.
• CHARGEANT
  Burdensome; troublesome. Chaucer.
• SUGGEST
  1. To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects. Some ideas . . . are suggested to the mind by all the ways of sensation and reflection. Locke. 2. To propose with difference or modesty;
• APPEALER
  One who makes an appeal.
• PERSUADER
  One who, or that which, persuades or influences. "Powerful persuaders." Milton.
• OFFERER
  One who offers; esp., one who offers something to God in worship. Hooker.
• BESEECH
  1. To ask or entreat with urgency; to supplicate; to implore. I beseech you, punish me not with your hard thoughts. Shak. But Eve . . . besought his peace. Milton. Syn. -- To beg; to crave. -- To Beseech, Entreat, Solicit, Implore, Supplicate.
• PERSUADED
  Prevailed upon; influenced by argument or entreaty; convinced. -- Per*suad"ed*ly, adv. -- Per*suad"ed*ness, n.
• INSTRUCTRESS
  A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess. Johnson.
• ALLOWEDLY
  By allowance; admittedly. Shenstone.
• SUGGESTRESS
  A woman who suggests. "The suggestress of suicides." De Quincey.
• PROPOSER
  1. One who proposes or offers anything for consideration or adoption. 2. A speaker; an orator. Shak.
• COMMANDING
  1. Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer. 2. Fitted to impress or control; as, a commanding look or presence. 3. Exalted; overlooking; having superior strategic advantages; as, a commanding position. Syn.
• REPRESENTABLE
  Capable of being represented.
• SUGGESTION
  Information without oath; an entry of a material fact or circumstance on the record for the information of the court, at the death or insolvency of a party. (more info) 1. The act of suggesting; presentation of an idea. 2. That which is suggested;
• PRELUDE
  An introductory performance, preceding and preparing for the principal matter; a preliminary part, movement, strain, etc.; especially , a strain introducing the theme or chief subject; a movement introductory to a fugue, yet independent; -- with
• CALLOW
  1. Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged. An in the leafy summit, spied a nest, Which, o'er the callow young, a sparrow pressed. Dryden. 2. Immature; boyish; "green"; as, a callow youth. I perceive by this, thou art but a callow maid. Old Play .
• HALLOW
  To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence. "Hallowed be thy name." Matt. vi. 9. Hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein. Jer. xvii. 24. His secret altar touched with hallowed
• THRYFALLOW
  To plow for the third time in summer; to trifallow. Tusser.
• CROSS-EXAMINER
  One who cross-examines or conducts a crosse-examination.
• MISCHARGE
  To charge erroneously, as in account. -- n.
• SALLOWISH
  Somewhat sallow. Dickens.
• PRELUDER
  One who, or that which, preludes; one who plays a prelude. Mason.
• PREINSTRUCT
  To instruct previously or beforehand. Dr. H. More.
• IMBORDER
  To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton.