requires

verb

Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary.

To demand (of someone) to do something.

To demand, to insist upon (having); to call for authoritatively.

(obsolete) To ask (someone) for something; to request.

Roots

quaeroquir- · Latin · seek, ask

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Where does requires come from?

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