Associations to the word «Require»

Wiktionary

REQUIRE, verb. (obsolete) To ask (someone) for something; to request. [14th-17thc.]
REQUIRE, verb. To demand, to insist upon (having); to call for authoritatively. [from 14thc.]
REQUIRE, verb. Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary. [from 15thc.]
REQUIRE, verb. To demand of (someone) to do something. [from 18thc.]

Dictionary definition

REQUIRE, verb. Require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent".
REQUIRE, verb. Consider obligatory; request and expect; "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons".
REQUIRE, verb. Make someone do something.
REQUIRE, verb. Have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner".

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.