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

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn