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requirement|rɪˈkwaɪəmənt|
[-ment.]
†1. The act of requiring; a requisition, request.
1530Gardiner in Froude Hist. Eng. (1881) I. 290 My Lord Cardinal, that obtained his legacy by our late Sovereign Lord's requirements at Rome.
†2. The fact of being requisite; necessity. Obs.—1
1658–9in Burton's Diary (1828) III. 248 Mr. Speaker would not without requirement mention the name Danvers.
3. That which is required or needed; a want, need.
1662Glanvill Lux Orient. xiii. 125 For this Justice is but the distributing to every thing according to the requirements of its nature. 1727Bailey vol. II, Requirement, the Thing required. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. II. vii. 79 We must prepare beforehand the entire daily requirements of the sick. 1878Lecky Eng. in 18th C. II. vii. 422, {pstlg}15,000 would have amply met the requirements of the county.
b. That which is called for or demanded; a condition which must be complied with.
1841Myers Cath. Th. iii. §39. 144 Has any individual, or church, or nation, ever yet come up to their [the Scriptures'] generally acknowledged requirements? 1868M. Pattison Academ. Org. iv. 106 The other professors are under more stringent requirements to teach. |