Require /(r?-kw?r")/

imp. & p. p. Required; p. pr. & vb. n. Requiring

1. To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property.

   Shall I say to Caesar What you require of him?

   By nature did what was by law required.

2. To demand or exact as indispensable; to need.

   Just gave what life required, and gave no more.

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

3. To ask as a favor; to request.

   I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way.