last request
noun
(Frequently in plural) a request made by a person who is about to die or be put to death which is customarily granted as a final courtesy; frequently in (have you) any last requests?; now also in extended (frequently humorous ) use.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Thomas Malory (d. 1471), author.
- recompound
- recompounded
- recompounding
- recompress
- recompression
- recompression chamber
- recompression lock
- recomputation
- recompute
- recon
- reconceive
- reconcentrado
- reconcentrate
- reconcentration
- reconception
- reconcession
- reconcilability
- reconcilable
- reconcilableness
- reconcile
- reconcilement
- reconciler
- reconciliable
- reconciliate
- reconciliation