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1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Chron. 51 In his commaundements hee was uerie wise, and in requesting uerie humble.

a1640 W. Fenner XXIX Choice Serm. (1657) 155 As it is a make-lust, so it is a requesting lust; Other lusts are with some men out of date.

1664 C. Cotton Scarronides 111 Ӕneas out of Jesting, Thou needs must tell at my Requesting, All the whole Tale of Troyes Condition.

1755 E. Young Centaur vi. 289 A requesting Omnipotence!—What can stun, and confound thy reason more?

1815 Monthly Mag. July 522/1 No cause shall he undertaken till the requesting parties shall have delivered to the commissioners a written appeal.

1884 Ld. Tennyson Becket ii. ii. 105 If you, At my requesting, will but look into The wrongs you did him.

1992 P. W. Birnie & A. E. Boyle Internat. Law & Environment ix. iii. 366 By leaving the requesting state the decisive role, the IAEA Convention does nothing to disturb this position.

1997 J. Bowker World Relig. 51/1 (caption) The action of begging for food..should be conducted in silence, without any requesting or importuning involved.