transitive. With simple object or infinitive, or object and infinitive. gen.

figurative. Expressing a logical, legal, or moral requirement: (of an abstract thing, e.g. law… transitive. Obsolete.

Of a law, custom, a general principle, etc.: to demand as necessary or essential. transitive. With that-clause.

figurative. Of things. To need greatly, to require, to call for, demand (something necessary or desirable). (Const. also with infinitive or object c…

transitive. Of things: To require, need, demand.

Of circumstances, conditions, dignities, etc.: To render becoming, desirable, necessary, or unavoidable; to call for, demand, require. Const. from, of…

Of things: To call or ask for, to demand (action, attention, etc.).

figurative of a thing: To ‘require’: = desire, v. 3.

gen. To claim, request. transitive. To demand, require, or claim (a thing). Obsolete.

transitive. Of a thing, situation, or condition: to call for, need. Now rare.

intransitive. To require, demand (a quality or attribute). Obsolete.

Of things: †To demand, call for (obsolete); to invite. rare.

figurative. Said of things. To call for or require as necessary; to have need of.