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    Require , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Required ; p. pr. & vb. n. Requiring.] [OE. requeren, requiren, OF. requerre, F. requrir; L. pref. re- re- + quaerere to ask; cf. L. requirere. See Query, and cf. Request, Requisite.]
    1. To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property.
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      Shall I say to Caesar
      What you require of him?
      Shak.

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      By nature did what was by law required.
      Dryden.

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    2. To demand or exact as indispensable; to need.
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      Just gave what life required, and gave no more.
      Goldsmith.

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      The two last [biographies] require to be particularly noticed.
      J. A. Symonds.

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    3. To ask as a favor; to request.
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      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.

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      Syn. -- To claim; exact; enjoin; prescribe; direct; order; demand; need.
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