I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and
horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way.
Ezra viii. 22.
Syn. -- To claim; exact; enjoin; prescribe; direct; order; demand;
need.
Re*quire"ment (-ment), n. 1. The act of requiring; demand; requisition.
2. That which is required; an imperative or authoritative command; an
essential condition; something needed or necessary; a need.
One of those who believe that they can fill up every requirement
contained in the rule of righteousness.
J. M. Mason.
God gave her the child, and gave her too an instinctive knowledge
of its nature and requirements.
Hawthorne.
Re*quir"er (-kw?r"?r), n. One who requires.
Req"ui*site (r?k"w?-z?t), n. That which is required, or is necessary;
something indispensable.
God, on his part, has declared the requisites on ours; what we must
do to obtain blessings, is the great business of us all to know.
Wake.
Req"ui*site, a. [L. requisitus, p. p. requirere; pref. re- re- +
quaerere to ask. See Require.] Required by the nature of things, or by
circumstances; so needful that it can not be dispensed with; necessary;
indispensable.
All truth requisite for men to know.
Milton.
Syn. -- Necessary; needful; indispensable; essential.
-- Req"ui*site*ly, adv. -- Req"ui*site*ness, n.
Req`ui*si"tion (r?k`w?-z?sh"?n), n.[Cf. F. réquisition, L. requisitio a
searching.] 1. The act of requiring, as of right; a demand or
application made as by authority. Specifically: (a) (International Law)
A formal demand made by one state or government upon another for the
surrender or extradition of a fugitive from justice. Kent. (b) (Law) A
notarial demand of a debt. Wharton. (c) (Mil.) A demand by the invader
upon the people of an invaded country for supplies, as of provision,
forage, transportation, etc. Farrow. (d) A formal application by one
officer to another for things needed in the public service; as, a
requisition for clothing, troops, or money.
2. That which is required by authority; especially, a quota of supplies
or necessaries.
3. A written or normal call; an invitation; a summons; as, a reqisition
for a public meeting. [Eng.]
Req`ui*si"tion, v. t. 1. To make a reqisition on or for; as, to
requisition a district for forage; to requisition troops.
2. To present a requisition to; to summon request; as, to requisition a
person to be a candidate. [Eng.]
Req`ui*si"tion*ist, n. One who makes or signs a requisition.
Re*quis"i*tive (r?-kw?z"?-t?v), a. Expressing or implying demand. [R.]
Harris.
Re*quis"i*tive, n. One who, or that which, makes requisition; a
requisitionist. [R.]
Re*quis"i*tor (-t?r), n. One who makes reqisition; esp., one authorized
by a requisition to investigate facts.
Re*quis"i*to*ry (-t?-r?), a. Sought for; demanded. [R.] Summary on Du
Bartas (1621).
Re*quit"a*ble (-kw?t"?-b'l), a. That may be requited.
Re*quit"al (-al), n. [From Requite.] The act of requiting; also, that
which requites; return, good or bad, for anything done; in a good
sense, compensation; recompense; as, the requital of services; in a bad
sense, retaliation, or punishment; as, the requital of evil deeds.
No merit their aversion can remove, Nor ill requital can efface
their love.
Waller.
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Syn. -- Compensation; recompense; remuneration; reward; satisfaction;
payment; retribution; retaliation; reprisal; punishment.
Re"quite" (r?-kw?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Requited; p. pr. & vb. n.
Requiting.] [Pref. re- + quit.] To repay; in a good sense, to
recompense; to return (an equivalent) in good; to reward; in a bad
sense, to retaliate; to return (evil) for evil; to punish.
He can requite thee; for he knows the charma That call fame on such
gentle acts as these.
Milton.
Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to
requite it with thy hand.
Ps. x. 14.
Syn. -- To repay; reward; pay; compensate; remunerate; satisfy;
recompense; punish; revenge.
Re*quite"ment (-ment), n. Requital [Obs.] E. Hall.
Re*quit"er (-kw?t"?r), n. One who requites.
Rere"brace` (r?r"br?s"), n. [F. arrière-bras.] (Anc. Armor) Armor for
the upper part of the arm. Fairholt.
Rere`de*main" (-d?-m?n"), n. [F. arrière back + de of + main hand.] A
backward stroke. [Obs.]
Rere"dos (r?r"d?s), n. [From rear + F. dos back, L. dorsum. Cf.
Dorsal.] (Arch.) (a) A screen or partition wall behind an altar. (b)
The back of a fireplace. (c) The open hearth, upon which fires were
lighted, immediately under the louver, in the center of ancient halls.
[Also spelt reredosse.] Fairholt.
Rere"fief` (r?r"f?f`), n. [F. arrière-fief. See Rear hinder, and Fief.]
(Scots Law) A fief held of a superior feudatory; a fief held by an
under tenant. Blackstone.
Re*reign" (r?-r?n"), v. i. To reign again.
Re`-re*it"er*ate (r?`r?-?t"?r-?t), v. t. To reiterate many times. [R.]
"My re-reiterated wish." Tennyson.
Rere"mouse` (r?r"mous`), n. (Zoöl.) A rearmouse.
Re`-re*solve" (r?`r?-z?lv"), v. t. & i. To resolve again.
Resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same.
Young.
Rere"ward` (r?r"w?rd`), n. [See Rearward.] The rear guard of an army.
[Obs.]
||Res (r?z), n.; pl. Res. [L.] A thing; the particular thing; a matter;
||a point.
||Res gestæ [L., things done] (Law), the facts which form the
||environment of a litigated issue. Wharton. -- ||Res judicata [L.]
||(Law), a thing adjudicated; a matter no longer open to controversy.
Re*sail" (r?-s?l"), v. t. & i. To sail again; also, to sail back, as to
a former port.
Re*sale" (r?-s?l" or r?"s?l), n. A sale at second hand, or at retail;
also, a second sale. Bacon.
Re*sal"gar (r?-s?l"g?r), n. Realgar. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Re`sa*lute" (r?`s?-l?t"), v. t. To salute again.
Re*saw" (r&?;-s&?;"), v. t. To saw again; specifically, to saw a balk,
or a timber, which has already been squared, into dimension lumber, as
joists, boards, etc.
Res"cat (r?s"k?t), v. t. [Sp. rescattar.] To ransom; to release; to
rescue. [Obs.] Howell.