require
verb
[ rɪˈkwʌɪə ]
• need for a particular purpose.
• "three patients required operations"
Similar:
need,
be in need of,
stand in need of,
have need of,
be crying out for,
essential,
vital,
indispensable,
necessary,
needed,
called for,
requisite,
prerequisite,
compulsory,
obligatory,
mandatory,
prescribed,
statutory,
recommended,
set,
de rigueur,
desired,
preferred,
chosen,
selected,
correct,
proper,
right,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French requere, from Latin requirere, from re- (expressing intensive force) + quaerere ‘seek’.
