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What does require mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word require? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (obsolete) To ask (someone) for something; to request. [14th-17th c.]
  2. To demand, to insist upon (having); to call for authoritatively. [from 14th c.]
  3. Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary. [from 15th c.]
  4. To demand of (someone) to do something. [from 18th c.]
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I had to tell the abbess the lady's name, but not yours as she did not require it.
The critters have the propensity to devour their babies if alarmed and so require a calm environment for breeding.
We are up high enough to make the air resistance almost nothing, even at this velocity, but we still require some power.
As you may recall, we had agreed that decisions would require prior approval.
Modern circumstances require an adroit approach to the manner in which our foreign policy is being implemented.
Diffusion and facilitated diffusion are two examples of passive transport. Passive transport is transport through a cell membrane that does not require energy.

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