From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Require \Re*quire"\ (r?-kw?r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Required
(-kw?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Requiring.] [OE. requeren,
requiren, OF. requerre, F. requ?rir; 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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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
require
v 1: require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do
what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This
job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position
demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls
for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not
postulate a patient's consent" [syn: necessitate, ask,
postulate, need, require, take, involve, {call
for}, demand] [ant: eliminate, obviate, rid of]
2: consider obligatory; request and expect; "We require our
secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these
children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their
lessons" [syn: ask, require, expect]
3: make someone do something [syn: command, require]
4: have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent
tuner" [syn: want, need, require]