require
To demand, to insist upon (having); to call for authoritatively.
Verb 3 meanings
To demand, to insist upon (having); to call for authoritatively.
Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary.
To demand (of someone) to do something.
“It is required (of me) that I give evidence in court.”
Etymology
From Old French requerre (whence Modern French requérir), from Latin requīrō (“to require, seek, ask for”, literally “to seek back”), from re- (“back; again”) + quaerō (“to seek”, whence query).
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REQUIRE at a glance
REQUIRE has 7 letters and scores 16 points in Scrabble (R 1 + E 1 + Q 10 + U 1 + I 1 + R 1 + E 1) and 17 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,690 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with require
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- REQUITE16
- REQUERE16
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