requisiteadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈrɛkwᵻzɪt/, U.S.

/ˈrɛkwəzət/

Forms: late Middle English requesitt (in a late copy), late Middle English requiseth, late Middle English–1500s requesyte, late Middle English–1500s requysit, late Middle English–1500s requysite, late Middle English–1500s requysyte, late Middle English–1600s requisyte, late Middle English– requisite, 1500s requiseit, 1500s requiset, 1500s requisith, 1500s requisyt, 1500s requysitt, 1500s requysitte, 1500s requysyght, 1500s requysyt, 1500s requysytt, 1500s–1600s requesit, 1500s–1600s requesite, 1500s–1600s requisit, 1500s–1600s requisitt, 1500s–1600s requisitte, 1600s requisett, 1600s requiste (perhaps transmission error), 1600s reqvisite; Scottish pre-1700 requesed, pre-1700 requeseit, pre-1700 requesett, pre-1700 requesit, pre-1700 requised, pre-1700 requiseit, pre-1700 requiset, pre-1700 requisit, pre-1700 requisite, pre-1700 requisitt, pre-1700 requyset.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin requīsītus, requīrere, requīsītum.

Etymology: As adjective < classical Latin requīsītus, past participle (also used as adjective) of requīrere require v. As noun < classical Latin requīsītum something required, need, use as noun of neuter of requīsītus. With the use as noun compare Italian requisito, noun (1550).In the Older Scots forms requesed, requised apparently showing substitution of -ed suffix¹ for the ending, by confusion with the variation between -it and -ed typically shown by -ed suffix¹ in Older Scots, although compare also requise v.

A. adj.

Required by circumstances or regulations; appropriate; necessary for a purpose, indispensable. Cf. prerequisite adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > [adjective]

needfulOE

necessaryc1376

needfulc1390

necessairea1393

needfula1402

necessariousc1410

requisite1442

unlackablec1443

unsparablec1449

necessc1475

requise1477

needy1487

exigentc1508

of necessityc1515

essential1526

insacrificablea1603

peremptory1607

unspared1614

sine qua non1615

real1620

necessitous1637

needsomec1650

undispensable1658

vital1659

wanting1671

implemental1676

sine quo non1693

indispensable1696

indispensible1792

vital1822

unmissable1823

of the essence (of)1843

1442 in A. H. Thompson Visitations Relig. Houses Diocese Lincoln (1919) II. 51 We enioyne yow..that ye kepe silence in places requisite.

1472–3 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1472 1st Roll §39. m. 16 The said Katerine may have..asmany and such writtes of proclamation..as to hir shalbe requisite.

a1500 J. Mirk's Festial 67/40 It is semyng and requysite þat all kinges..and comouns worship oure soureyn lorde Criste Ihesu.

a1535 T. More Treat. Memorare Nouissima in Wks. (1557) I. 102 There are ye wote well two poyntes requisite vnto saluacion.

1581 N. Burne Disput. Headdis of Relig. f. 190 A religione quhais imbracearis Christ blessed vith al kynd of requesit benefeittis.

1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. iii. sig. H If he be thus helplesly distract, Tis requisite his office be resignde.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 673 A good Nose is requisite also, to smell out worke for th'other Sences.

1659 H. Thorndike Epil. Trag. Church of Eng. i. 175 Not supposing the beliefe of Christianity to be a condition requisite to the having of Gods Spirit.

1689 Cramond Kirk Session 26 Dec. III It was requisitt that the elder..should waitt on the minister.

1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. iv. 260 Provided of all requisite Entertainment for at least a Twelvemonth.

1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. III. l. 97 Martial law, so requisite to the support of discipline, was exercised upon the soldiers.

1780 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. (1789) xvii. §25 The eleventh and last of all the properties that seem to be requisite in a lot of punishment is that of remissibility.

1811 T. Jefferson Let. 10 Nov. in Writings (1984) 1253 If any accident impair their standard it is to be recovered by means of a pendulum which shall make the requisite number of vibrations in a day.

1836 C. Kingsley Lett. (1878) I. 36 One is expected to have obtained all requisite classical knowledge at school.

1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. 28 We can hardly say that capital is as requisite to production as land and labour.

1905 G. W. Rolfe Polariscope 96 Polarizations made at average room temperature by the standard commercial methods give with requisite accuracy the per cent of sucrose in the sample.

1941 L. D. Kitchin Road Transport Law 28/2 A vehicle must not be reversed for a greater distance or time than may be requisite for the safety or reasonable convenience of the occupants.

2006 M. W. Jackson Harmonious Triads i. 8 A number of keyboard instructors turned to mechanical contraptions to inculcate the requisite skills for playing the piano.

B. n.

A necessary or indispensable thing; something needed for a particular purpose. Frequently in plural. Cf. prerequisite n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > [noun] > that which is necessary

needc1230

necessityc1390

necessary?a1425

exigence1446

requisitec1487

exigency1588

exigents1588

sine qua non1602

essentiala1620

implement1632

indispensable1681

needful1681

simple1858

c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica i. 29 He had well aourned the vsuel lyf of man with fructuous sustenaunce vnto houshold requysite.

1550 N. Udall tr. P. M. Vermigli Disc. Sacrament Lordes Supper sig. T2 The reason deoeth argue..a maiore ad minus, that is to saye, from the more necessarye requisyte to the lesse.

1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes i. f. 6 The testament is imperfect in respect of solemnitie, wherein some of the Legall requisites..be wanting.

1602 in T. G. Law Archpriest Controv. (1898) II. 224 They doe whollye reste for meate, drinke, and other requisits to lyfe, upon the providence of God.

1665 J. Glanvill Sciri Tuum: Authors Defense To T. Albius sig. a^v, in Scepsis Scientifica You think it more suitable to the requisites of the present Age, to depress Scepticism.

1710 D. Manley Mem. Europe I. 186 Irene..was ever at hand to strengthen it with Imperial Cordials, Water of Life, and other Requisites to support weak Constitutions.

1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 71. ⁋5 Till all the requisites which imagination can suggest are gathered together.

1810 G. Crabbe Borough xxiii. 317 Alas! he wants the Requisites to rise—The true Connections, the availing Ties.

1880 C. R. Markham Peruvian Bark 315 The form of febrifuge which combines..the two requisites of efficacy and economy.

1938 Amer. Home Jan. 54/2 The informality and adaptability so much a requisite for a winter home.

1959 J. W. Krutch Human Nature & Human Condition ii. 37 All prudential moralists used to agree that to live within one's income was the first requisite for a materially secure existence.

2006 Wanderlust Mar. 9/2 All the requisites for living are there if you take the time to look.

Compounds

requisite variety n. (in cybernetics) the variety or flexibility of response necessary in a system for it to be able to control another system in which variety exists.The law of requisite variety states that the number of different possible states of the controlling system must be equal to or greater than the number of possible states of the controlled system.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] > requisite variety

requisite variety1956

1956 W. R. Ashby Introd. Cybernetics xi. 207 This is the law of Requisite Variety. To put it more picturesquely: only variety in R can force down the variety due to D; only variety can destroy variety.

1966 S. Beer Decision & Control xii. 281 However many interacting sub-systems of preys and predators..are invoked, it is..evident that the balance of animal populations would be grossly upset very rapidly unless the law of requisite variety held in general throughout nature.

2005 D. McKie & D. Munshi Reconfiguring Publ. Relations iii. 49 Providing an example of requisite variety, Weick..says that if a photographer has to photograph 20 subjects at different distances from his camera, he has to have at least 20 distinct settings to bring all the negatives to a uniform density and sharpness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

requisitev.

Brit.

/rᵻˈkwɪzᵻt/, U.S.

/rəˈkwɪzət/,

/riˈkwɪzət/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin requīsīt-, requīrere.

Etymology: < classical Latin requīsīt-, past participial stem of requīrere require v. Compare earlier requisite adj., and also earlier require v. and slightly later request v.¹

†1. transitive. To ask, make a request to (a person). Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)]

yearnOE

bid971

seek971

askOE

beseechc1175

banc1275

yerec1275

cravec1300

desirec1330

impetrec1374

praya1382

nurnc1400

pleadc1400

require1400

fraynec1430

proke1440

requisitea1475

wishc1515

supply1546

request1549

implore?c1550

to speak for ——1560

entreat1565

impetratec1565

obtest?1577

solicit1595

invoke1617

mendicate1618

petition1621

imprecate1636

conjurea1704

speer1724

canvass1768

kick1792

I will thank you to do so-and-so1813

quest1897

to hit a person up for1917

a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1905) i. 147 (MED) Þe fore-sayde religiouse women..paying there-of ȝerly..oon rose..whenne þey been conueniently requisityd or Axid.

2. transitive. To require (a thing) as necessary; to have as a requisite; (in later use also) to requisition.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > need or want > need [verb (transitive)] > require or demand > as necessary

requisite1545

to stand upon ——1577

to stand on ——1816

1545 T. Paynell tr. St. Bernard Compend. Treat. Well Liuynge xvi. f. lvi^v Yf we desyre the societe and felowshyp of sayntes, it is requisyted we followe there examples.

1780 in Mariner's Mirror 50 (1964) 282 Seven fires will be requisited for one smoking.

1834 K. H. Digby Mores Catholici III. v. i. 7 The need, however, of a divine object appeared obvious, not only from a consideration of the dignity of our nature, but also from a sense of what was requisited to procure it.

1922 D. Coffey Cooperative Movement in Jugoslavia, Rumania & N. Italy 59 Money paid by order of government to a Hungarian merchant whose grain had been requisited by the Rumanian Government.

1967 Jrnl. Palaeontol. 41 819/1 Vertebrate work has, of necessity, had a strong biological flavor; a basic knowledge of biology, and, most especially, of anatomy, is requisited for good work in this field.

2002 Business Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 9 Nov. 1 The EGM was requisited by a group of 15 shareholders.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	requisite
释义	requisiteadj.n. Brit. /ˈrɛkwᵻzɪt/, U.S. /ˈrɛkwəzət/ Forms: late Middle English requesitt (in a late copy), late Middle English requiseth, late Middle English–1500s requesyte, late Middle English–1500s requysit, late Middle English–1500s requysite, late Middle English–1500s requysyte, late Middle English–1600s requisyte, late Middle English– requisite, 1500s requiseit, 1500s requiset, 1500s requisith, 1500s requisyt, 1500s requysitt, 1500s requysitte, 1500s requysyght, 1500s requysyt, 1500s requysytt, 1500s–1600s requesit, 1500s–1600s requesite, 1500s–1600s requisit, 1500s–1600s requisitt, 1500s–1600s requisitte, 1600s requisett, 1600s requiste (perhaps transmission error), 1600s reqvisite; Scottish pre-1700 requesed, pre-1700 requeseit, pre-1700 requesett, pre-1700 requesit, pre-1700 requised, pre-1700 requiseit, pre-1700 requiset, pre-1700 requisit, pre-1700 requisite, pre-1700 requisitt, pre-1700 requyset. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin requīsītus, requīrere, requīsītum. Etymology: As adjective < classical Latin requīsītus, past participle (also used as adjective) of requīrere require v. As noun < classical Latin requīsītum something required, need, use as noun of neuter of requīsītus. With the use as noun compare Italian requisito, noun (1550).In the Older Scots forms requesed, requised apparently showing substitution of -ed suffix¹ for the ending, by confusion with the variation between -it and -ed typically shown by -ed suffix¹ in Older Scots, although compare also requise v. A. adj. Required by circumstances or regulations; appropriate; necessary for a purpose, indispensable. Cf. prerequisite adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > [adjective] needfulOE necessaryc1376 needfulc1390 necessairea1393 needfula1402 necessariousc1410 requisite1442 unlackablec1443 unsparablec1449 necessc1475 requise1477 needy1487 exigentc1508 of necessityc1515 essential1526 insacrificablea1603 peremptory1607 unspared1614 sine qua non1615 real1620 necessitous1637 needsomec1650 undispensable1658 vital1659 wanting1671 implemental1676 sine quo non1693 indispensable1696 indispensible1792 vital1822 unmissable1823 of the essence (of)1843 1442 in A. H. Thompson Visitations Relig. Houses Diocese Lincoln (1919) II. 51 We enioyne yow..that ye kepe silence in places requisite. 1472–3 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1472 1st Roll §39. m. 16 The said Katerine may have..asmany and such writtes of proclamation..as to hir shalbe requisite. a1500 J. Mirk's Festial 67/40 It is semyng and requysite þat all kinges..and comouns worship oure soureyn lorde Criste Ihesu. a1535 T. More Treat. Memorare Nouissima in Wks. (1557) I. 102 There are ye wote well two poyntes requisite vnto saluacion. 1581 N. Burne Disput. Headdis of Relig. f. 190 A religione quhais imbracearis Christ blessed vith al kynd of requesit benefeittis. 1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. iii. sig. H If he be thus helplesly distract, Tis requisite his office be resignde. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 673 A good Nose is requisite also, to smell out worke for th'other Sences. 1659 H. Thorndike Epil. Trag. Church of Eng. i. 175 Not supposing the beliefe of Christianity to be a condition requisite to the having of Gods Spirit. 1689 Cramond Kirk Session 26 Dec. III It was requisitt that the elder..should waitt on the minister. 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. iv. 260 Provided of all requisite Entertainment for at least a Twelvemonth. 1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. III. l. 97 Martial law, so requisite to the support of discipline, was exercised upon the soldiers. 1780 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. (1789) xvii. §25 The eleventh and last of all the properties that seem to be requisite in a lot of punishment is that of remissibility. 1811 T. Jefferson Let. 10 Nov. in Writings (1984) 1253 If any accident impair their standard it is to be recovered by means of a pendulum which shall make the requisite number of vibrations in a day. 1836 C. Kingsley Lett. (1878) I. 36 One is expected to have obtained all requisite classical knowledge at school. 1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. 28 We can hardly say that capital is as requisite to production as land and labour. 1905 G. W. Rolfe Polariscope 96 Polarizations made at average room temperature by the standard commercial methods give with requisite accuracy the per cent of sucrose in the sample. 1941 L. D. Kitchin Road Transport Law 28/2 A vehicle must not be reversed for a greater distance or time than may be requisite for the safety or reasonable convenience of the occupants. 2006 M. W. Jackson Harmonious Triads i. 8 A number of keyboard instructors turned to mechanical contraptions to inculcate the requisite skills for playing the piano. B. n. A necessary or indispensable thing; something needed for a particular purpose. Frequently in plural. Cf. prerequisite n. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > [noun] > that which is necessary needc1230 necessityc1390 necessary?a1425 exigence1446 requisitec1487 exigency1588 exigents1588 sine qua non1602 essentiala1620 implement1632 indispensable1681 needful1681 simple1858 c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica i. 29 He had well aourned the vsuel lyf of man with fructuous sustenaunce vnto houshold requysite. 1550 N. Udall tr. P. M. Vermigli Disc. Sacrament Lordes Supper sig. T2 The reason deoeth argue..a maiore ad minus, that is to saye, from the more necessarye requisyte to the lesse. 1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes i. f. 6 The testament is imperfect in respect of solemnitie, wherein some of the Legall requisites..be wanting. 1602 in T. G. Law Archpriest Controv. (1898) II. 224 They doe whollye reste for meate, drinke, and other requisits to lyfe, upon the providence of God. 1665 J. Glanvill Sciri Tuum: Authors Defense To T. Albius sig. a^v, in Scepsis Scientifica You think it more suitable to the requisites of the present Age, to depress Scepticism. 1710 D. Manley Mem. Europe I. 186 Irene..was ever at hand to strengthen it with Imperial Cordials, Water of Life, and other Requisites to support weak Constitutions. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 71. ⁋5 Till all the requisites which imagination can suggest are gathered together. 1810 G. Crabbe Borough xxiii. 317 Alas! he wants the Requisites to rise—The true Connections, the availing Ties. 1880 C. R. Markham Peruvian Bark 315 The form of febrifuge which combines..the two requisites of efficacy and economy. 1938 Amer. Home Jan. 54/2 The informality and adaptability so much a requisite for a winter home. 1959 J. W. Krutch Human Nature & Human Condition ii. 37 All prudential moralists used to agree that to live within one's income was the first requisite for a materially secure existence. 2006 Wanderlust Mar. 9/2 All the requisites for living are there if you take the time to look. Compounds requisite variety n. (in cybernetics) the variety or flexibility of response necessary in a system for it to be able to control another system in which variety exists.The law of requisite variety states that the number of different possible states of the controlling system must be equal to or greater than the number of possible states of the controlled system. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] > requisite variety requisite variety1956 1956 W. R. Ashby Introd. Cybernetics xi. 207 This is the law of Requisite Variety. To put it more picturesquely: only variety in R can force down the variety due to D; only variety can destroy variety. 1966 S. Beer Decision & Control xii. 281 However many interacting sub-systems of preys and predators..are invoked, it is..evident that the balance of animal populations would be grossly upset very rapidly unless the law of requisite variety held in general throughout nature. 2005 D. McKie & D. Munshi Reconfiguring Publ. Relations iii. 49 Providing an example of requisite variety, Weick..says that if a photographer has to photograph 20 subjects at different distances from his camera, he has to have at least 20 distinct settings to bring all the negatives to a uniform density and sharpness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). requisitev. Brit. /rᵻˈkwɪzᵻt/, U.S. /rəˈkwɪzət/, /riˈkwɪzət/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin requīsīt-, requīrere. Etymology: < classical Latin requīsīt-, past participial stem of requīrere require v. Compare earlier requisite adj., and also earlier require v. and slightly later request v.¹ †1. transitive. To ask, make a request to (a person). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] yearnOE bid971 seek971 askOE beseechc1175 banc1275 yerec1275 cravec1300 desirec1330 impetrec1374 praya1382 nurnc1400 pleadc1400 require1400 fraynec1430 proke1440 requisitea1475 wishc1515 supply1546 request1549 implore?c1550 to speak for ——1560 entreat1565 impetratec1565 obtest?1577 solicit1595 invoke1617 mendicate1618 petition1621 imprecate1636 conjurea1704 speer1724 canvass1768 kick1792 I will thank you to do so-and-so1813 quest1897 to hit a person up for1917 a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1905) i. 147 (MED) Þe fore-sayde religiouse women..paying there-of ȝerly..oon rose..whenne þey been conueniently requisityd or Axid. 2. transitive. To require (a thing) as necessary; to have as a requisite; (in later use also) to requisition. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > need or want > need [verb (transitive)] > require or demand > as necessary requisite1545 to stand upon ——1577 to stand on ——1816 1545 T. Paynell tr. St. Bernard Compend. Treat. Well Liuynge xvi. f. lvi^v Yf we desyre the societe and felowshyp of sayntes, it is requisyted we followe there examples. 1780 in Mariner's Mirror 50 (1964) 282 Seven fires will be requisited for one smoking. 1834 K. H. Digby Mores Catholici III. v. i. 7 The need, however, of a divine object appeared obvious, not only from a consideration of the dignity of our nature, but also from a sense of what was requisited to procure it. 1922 D. Coffey Cooperative Movement in Jugoslavia, Rumania & N. Italy 59 Money paid by order of government to a Hungarian merchant whose grain had been requisited by the Rumanian Government. 1967 Jrnl. Palaeontol. 41 819/1 Vertebrate work has, of necessity, had a strong biological flavor; a basic knowledge of biology, and, most especially, of anatomy, is requisited for good work in this field. 2002 Business Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 9 Nov. 1 The EGM was requisited by a group of 15 shareholders. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1442v.a1475
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