request

Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence).

Noun

  1. Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence).
    • I will marry her, sir, at your request. - c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
    • The promise that arises upon an account stated, is to pay on request. - 1839, The Law Journal for the Year 1832-1949: Comprising Reports:

    Synonyms: asking beseech prayer wish

  2. A formal message requesting something.

    Synonyms: petition postulation

  3. Condition of being sought after.
    • I do not doubt, but many Great and more Noble Uſes would have been made of ſuch Conqueſts or Diſcoveries, if they had fallen to the ſhare of the Greeks and Romans in thoſe Ages, when Knowledge and Fame were in as great...

    Synonyms: demand

  4. A message sent over a network to a server.
    • The server returned a 404 error to the HTTP request.
  5. That which is asked for or requested.
    • He gave them their request. - 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 106:15:

Origin

From Middle English request, from Old French requeste (French requête), from Vulgar Latin *requaesita, from Latin requīsīta, feminine of requīsītus (“requested, demanded”), past participle of requīrō (“require, ask”), composed of re- + quaerō (“to seek, look for”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Italic *kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- (“to acquire”). Compare to French requérir.

Forms

requests requeste

Related

require requirement requisite Wiktionary:Requested entries:English

Derived

discovery request merge request multirequest pull request request for admission request for comments request for production request for quotation requestman subrequest

Verb

  1. To ask for (something).
    • The corporal requested reinforcements.
    • I have requested that the furniture be moved back to its original position.
    • Copies of records of Spear's long-distance telephone calls (which had been requested by Norfolk County police from the telephone company) - 1979 December 29, Mitzel, “Dale Barbre's Murder & Related Matters”, in Gay...
  2. To ask (somebody) to do something.
    • She called me into her office and requested me to sit down.

    Synonyms: ask bespeak call for

Forms

requests requesting requested no-table-tags glossary request requestest requestedst requesteth - requeste

Synonyms

desire

Derived

nonrequested requestable requestee requester requestingly requestive requestor unrequested