v.
- need or depend on.
▸wish to have.
- instruct or expect (someone) to do something.
▸
(require something of)
regard an action or quality as due from.
▸specify as compulsory:
the minimum car insurance required by law.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from OFr. requere, from L. requirere, from re- (expressing intensive force) + quaerere ‘seek’.