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Request
CIDE DICTIONARY
Request, n. [OE. requeste, OF. requeste, F. requ, LL. requesta, for requisita, fr. L. requirere, requisitum, to seek again, ask for. See Require, and cf. Quest.].
- The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty. [1913 Webster]"I will marry her, sir, at your request." [1913 Webster]
- That which is asked for or requested. Ps. cvi. 15. [1913 Webster]"I will both hear and grant you your requests." [1913 Webster]
- A state of being desired or held in such estimation as to be sought after or asked for; demand. [1913 Webster]"Knowledge and fame were in as great request as wealth among us now." [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- Asking; solicitation; petition; prayer; supplication; entreaty; suit.
Request, v. t. [Cf. OF. requester, F. requ.].
- To ask for (something); to express desire ffor; to solicit; as, to request his presence, or a favor. [1913 Webster]
- To address with a request; to ask. [1913 Webster]"I request you
To give my poor host freedom." [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- To ask; solicit; entreat; beseech. See Beg.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Request, n. & v.
--n.
1 the act or an instance of asking for something; a petition (came at his request).
2 a thing asked for.
3 the state of being sought after; demand (in great request).
4 a letter etc. asking for a particular record etc. to be played on a radio programme, often with a personal message.
--v.tr.
1 ask to be given or allowed or favoured with (request a hearing; requests your presence).
2 (foll. by to + infin.) ask a person to do something (requested her to answer).
3 (foll. by that + clause) ask that.
--n.
1 the act or an instance of asking for something; a petition (came at his request).
2 a thing asked for.
3 the state of being sought after; demand (in great request).
4 a letter etc. asking for a particular record etc. to be played on a radio programme, often with a personal message.
--v.tr.
1 ask to be given or allowed or favoured with (request a hearing; requests your presence).
2 (foll. by to + infin.) ask a person to do something (requested her to answer).
3 (foll. by that + clause) ask that.
Idiom
by (or on) request in response to an expressed wish. request programme a programme composed of items requested by the audience. request stop a bus-stop at which a bus stops only on a passenger's request.
Derivative
requester n.
Etymology
ME f. OF requeste(r) ult. f. L requaerere (as REQUIRE)
THESAURUS
Request
appeal, application, apply for, ask, ask for, beg, beg leave, beseech, bespeak, call, call for, crave, demand, desire, entreat, entreaty, file for, importune, improper suggestion, indecent proposal, indent, insist on, instance, make a request, make a requisition, make application, motion, order, pass, petition, plea, plead for, pray, proposal, proposition, put in for, requisition, resolution, seek, sexual advance, solicit, solicitation, sue, suggestion, whistle for, wishROGET THESAURUS
Request
Command
N command, order, ordinance, act, fiat, hukm, bidding, dictum, hest, behest, call, beck, nod, despatch, dispatch, message, direction, injunction, charge, instructions, appointment, fixture, demand, exaction, imposition, requisition, claim, reclamation, revendication, ultimatum, request, requirement, dictation, dictate, mandate, caveat, decree, senatus consultum, precept, prescript, rescript, writ, ordination, bull, ex cathedra pronouncement, edict, decretal, dispensation, prescription, brevet, placit, ukase, ukaz, firman, hatti- sherif, warrant, passport, mittimus, mandamus, summons, subpoena, nisi prius, interpellation, citation, word, word of command, mot d'ordre, bugle call, trumpet call, beat of drum, tattoo, order of the day, enactment, plebiscite, commanding, authoritative, decretory, decretive, decretal, callable, jussive, in a commanding tone, by a stroke of the pen, by a dash of the pen, by order, at beat of drum, on the first summons, the decree is gone forth, sic volo sic jubeo, le Roi le veut, boutez en avant.Request
N request, requisition, claim, petition, suit, prayer, begging letter, round robin, motion, overture, application, canvass, address, appeal, apostrophe, imprecation, rogation, proposal, proposition, orison, incantation, mendicancy, asking, begging, postulation, solicitation, invitation, entreaty, importunity, supplication, instance, impetration, imploration, obsecration, obtestation, invocation, interpellation, requesting, precatory, suppliant, supplicant, supplicatory, postulant, obsecratory, importunate, clamorous, urgent, cap in hand, on one's knees, on one's bended knees, on one's marrowbones, prithee, do, please, pray, be so good as, be good enough, have the goodness, vouchsafe, will you, I pray thee, if you please, Int, for God's sake!, for heaven's sake!, for goodness' sake!, for mercy's sake!, Dieu vous garde, dirigenos Domine, would you be so kind as to.VB request, ask, beg, crave, sue, pray, petition, solicit, invite, pop the question, make bold to ask, beg leave, beg a boon, apply to, call to, put to, call upon, call for, make a request, address a request, prefer a request, put up a request, make a prayer, address a prayer, prefer a prayer, put up a prayer, make a petition, address a petition, prefer a petition, put up a petition, make application, make a requisition, ask trouble, ask one for, claim, offer up prayers, whistle for, beg hard, entreat, beseech, plead, supplicate, implore, conjure, adjure, obtest, cry to, kneel to, appeal to, invoke, evoke, impetrate, imprecate, ply, press, urge, beset, importune, dun, tax, clamor for, cry aloud, cry for help, fall on one's knees, throw oneself at the feet of, come down on one's marrowbones, beg from door to door, send the hat round, go a begging, mendicate, mump, cadge, beg one's bread, dance attendance on, besiege, knock at the door, bespeak, canvass, tout, make interest, court, seek, bid for, publish the banns.
Inquiry
N inquiry, request, search, research, quest, pursuit, examination, review, scrutiny, investigation, indagation, perquisition, perscrutation, pervestigation, inquest, inquisition, exploration, exploitation, ventilation, sifting, calculation, analysis, dissection, resolution, induction, Baconian method, strict inquiry, close inquiry, searching inquiry, exhaustive inquiry, narrow search, strict search, study, scire facias, ad referendum, trial, questioning, interrogation, interrogatory, interpellation, challenge, examination, cross-examination, catechism, feeler, Socratic method, zetetic philosophy, leading question, discussion, reconnoitering, reconnaissance, prying, espionage, espionnage, domiciliary visit, peep behind the curtain, lantern of Diogenes, question, query, problem, desideratum, point to be solved, porism, subject of inquiry, field of inquiry, subject of controversy, point in dispute, matter in dispute, moot point, issue, question at issue, bone of contention, plain question, fair question, open question, enigma, knotty point, quodlibet, threshold of an inquiry, inquirer, investigator, inquisitor, inspector, querist, examiner, catechist, scrutator scrutineer scrutinizer, analyst, quidnunc, inquiry, inquisitive, requisitive, requisitory, catechetical, inquisitorial, analytic, in search of, in quest of, on the lookout for, interrogative, zetetic, all searching, undetermined, untried, undecided, in question, in dispute, in issue, in course of inquiry, under discussion, under consideration, under investigation, sub judice, moot, proposed, doubtful, quaere?, what?, why?, wherefore?, whence?, whither?, where?, how comes it?, how happens it?, how is it?, what is the reason?, what's the matter?, nicht wahr?, what's in the wind?, what on earth?, when?, who?.For further exploring for "Request" in Webster Dictionary Online
