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verb (requir, ing)
  1. (Have two sense: active or passive) 'Active' creates an obligation, 'passive' do not create an obligation.
A sandwich requires bread.
I require a sandwich.
  1. To demand or exact as indispensable; to need.
  2. To ask as a favor; to request.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: vereisen
  • French: demander, exiger (1, 2)
  • German: bení¶tigen (1, 2)
Etymology: From requerre (French: requérir),
  • requírere, from requirere.



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