Demand /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Demanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Demanding

1. To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily; as, to demand a debt; to demand obedience.

   This, in our foresaid holy father's name, Pope Innocent, I do demand of thee.

2. To inquire authoritatively or earnestly; to ask, esp. in a peremptory manner; to question.

   I did demand what news from Shrewsbury.

3. To require as necessary or useful; to be in urgent need of; hence, to call for; as, the case demands care.
4. To call into court; to summon. (Law)

1. To make a demand; to inquire.

   The soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do?

1. The act of demanding; an asking with authority; a peremptory urging of a claim; a claiming or challenging as due; requisition; as, the demand of a creditor; a note payable on demand.

   The demand [is] by the word of the holy ones.

   He that has confidence to turn his wishes into demands will be but a little way from thinking he ought to obtain them.

2. Earnest inquiry; question; query.
3. A diligent seeking or search; manifested want; desire to possess; request; as, a demand for certain goods; a person's company is in great demand.

   In 1678 came forth a second edition [Pilgrim's Progress] with additions; and then the demand became immense.

4. That which one demands or has a right to demand; thing claimed as due; claim; as, demands on an estate.
5. The asking or seeking for what is due or claimed as due. (Law)