■ verb
1》 need or depend on.
↘wish to have.
2》 instruct or expect (someone) to do something.
↘( ~ something of ) regard an action or quality as due from.
↘specify as compulsory: the minimum car insurance ~d by law.
Derivatives
~r noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. requere , from L. ~re , from re- (expressing intensive force) + quaerere 'seek'.