— requirable , adj. — requirer , n.
/ri kwuyeur"/ , v. , required, requiring .
v.t.
1. to have need of; need: He requires medical care.
2. to call on authoritatively; order or enjoin to do something: to require an agent to account for money spent.
3. to ask for authoritatively or imperatively; demand.
4. to impose need or occasion for; make necessary or indispensable: The work required infinite patience.
5. to call for or exact as obligatory; ordain: The law requires annual income-tax returns.
6. to place under an obligation or necessity: The situation requires me to take immediate action.
7. Chiefly Brit. to desire; wish to have: Will you require tea at four o'clock?
v.i.
8. to demand; impose obligation: to do as the law requires.
[ 1300-50; ME requiren requirere, equiv. to re- RE- + -quirere, comb. form of quaerere to seek, search for (cf. QUEST) ]
Syn. 1. See lack. 3. See demand. 6. obligate, necessitate.
Ant. 3. forgo.