Else had I an eternal requiem kept, And in the arms of peace
forever slept.
Sandys.
Re*qui"e*to*ry (r?-kw?"?-t?-r?), n. [L. requietorium, fr. requiescere,
requietum, to rest. See Re-, and Quiesce.] A sepulcher. [Obs.] Weever.
Re"quin (r?"kw?n), n. [F., fr. reqiem a Mass sung for the dead. See
Requiem.] (Zoöl.) The man-eater, or white shark (Carcharodon
carcharias); -- so called on account of its causing requiems to be
sung.
Re*quir"a*ble (r?-kw?r"?-b'l), a. Capable of being required; proper to
be required. Sir M. Hale.
Re*quire" (r?-kw?r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Required (-kw?rd"); p. pr. &
vb. n. Requiring.] [OE. requeren, requiren, OF. requerre, F.
requ&?;rir; L. pref. re- re- + quaerere to ask; cf. L. requirere. See
Query, and cf. Request, Requisite.] 1. To demand; to insist upon
having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require
the surrender of property.
Shall I say to Cæsar What you require of him?
Shak.
By nature did what was by law required.
Dryden.