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)

• Forego
• waive
• disclaim
• abjure
• disavow
• abandon
• concede
• surrender
• repudiate

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.