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require.

To demand, to insist upon (having); to call for authoritatively.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɹɪˈkwaɪə/Received-Pronunciation/ɹɪˈkwaɪɹ/General-American/ɹɪˈkwʌɪɹ/
  1. To demand, to insist upon (having); to call for authoritatively.

  2. Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary.

  3. To demand (of someone) to do something.

    It is required (of me) that I give evidence in court.
  4. To ask (someone) for something; to request; to beseech.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

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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