Word Meanings - REQUIRE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
requ; L. pref. re- re- + quaerere to ask; cf. L. requirere. See 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
Additional info about word: REQUIRE
requ; L. pref. re- re- + quaerere to ask; cf. L. requirere. See 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 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.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of REQUIRE)
- Claim Demand
- ask
- require
- insist
- pretense
- right
- privilege
- title
- request
- maintain
- Cost
- Require
- consume
- absorb
- Demand
- Claim
- ask for
- call for
- Desiderate
- Desire
- want
- need
- Enforce
- Urge
- compel
- exact
- exert
- strain
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of REQUIRE)
Related words: (words related to REQUIRE)
- RIGHT-RUNNING
Straight; direct. - TITLELESS
Not having a title or name; without legitimate title. "A titleless tyrant." Chaucer. - MAINTAIN
by the hand; main hand + F. tenir to hold . See 1. To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace; - DEMANDRESS
A woman who demands. - STRAINABLE
1. Capable of being strained. 2. Violent in action. Holinshed. - TITLED
Having or bearing a title. - EXERT
out; ex out + serere to join or bind together. See Series, and cf. 1. To thrust forth; to emit; to push out. So from the seas exerts his radiant head The star by whom the lights of heaven are led. Dryden. 2. To put force, ability, or anything of - EXACTOR
One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands. Jer. Taylor. - EXACTING
Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe. "A temper so exacting." T. Arnold -- Ex*act"ing*ly, adv. -- Ex*act"ing*ness, n. - TITLER
A large truncated cone of refined sugar. - RIGHTEOUSNESS
The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground justification. There are two kinds of Christian righteousness: the one without us, which we have by imputation; the other in us, which consisteth of faith, - INSISTURE
A dwelling or standing on something; fixedness; persistence. Shak. - DISAVOWANCE
Disavowal. South. - EXACTLY
In an exact manner; precisely according to a rule, standard, or fact; accurately; strictly; correctly; nicely. "Exactly wrought." Shak. His enemies were pleased, for he had acted exactly as their interests required. Bancroft. - ABSORBING
Swallowing, engrossing; as, an absorbing pursuit. -- Ab*sorb"ing, adv. - DISAVOWMENT
Disavowal. Wotton. - STRAINING
from Strain. Straining piece , a short piece of timber in a truss, used to maintain the ends of struts or rafters, and keep them from slipping. See Illust. of Queen-post. - DISAVOWER
One who disavows. - EXACTION
1. The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion. Take away your exactions from my - ABSORBITION
Absorption. - BRIGHT
See I - RECLAIMABLE
That may be reclaimed. - INEXACTLY
In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately. R. A. Proctor. - INEXACT
Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate. - RESTRAINABLE
Capable of being restrained; controllable. Sir T. Browne. - CARTWRIGHT
An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker. - RECLAIMER
One who reclaims. - ACCLAIM
1. To applaud. "A glad acclaiming train." Thomson. 2. To declare by acclamations. While the shouting crowd Acclaims thee king of traitors. Smollett. 3. To shout; as, to acclaim my joy. - SPRIGHTLY
Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. "Sprightly wit and love inspires." Dryden. The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. Pope. - FRIGHTFUL
1. Full of fright; affrighted; frightened. See how the frightful herds run from the wood. W. Browne. 2. Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance. Syn.