REQUEST

request, petition, postulation

(noun) a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority

request, asking

(noun) the verbal act of requesting

request, ask for, bespeak, call for, quest

(verb) express the need or desire for; “She requested an extra bed in her room”; “She called for room service”; “when you call, always ask for Mary”

request

(verb) ask (a person) to do something; “She asked him to be here at noon”; “I requested that she type the entire manuscript”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

request (third-person singular simple present requests, present participle requesting, simple past and past participle requested)

(transitive or with that clause) To ask for (something).

(transitive) To ask (somebody) to do something.

Synonyms: ask, bespeak, call for

Noun

request (plural requests)

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

Synonyms: asking, beseech, prayer, wish

A formal message requesting something.

Synonyms: petition, postulation

Condition of being sought after.

Synonym: demand

(networking) A message sent over a network to a server.

(obsolete) That which is asked for or requested.

Anagrams

• quester

Source: Wiktionary

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Re*quest" (r-kw*st"), n. Etym: [OE. requeste, OF. requeste, F. requ, LL. requesta, for requisita, fr. L. requirere, requisitum, to seek again, ask for. See Require, and cf. Quest.]

1. The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty. I will marry her, sir, at your request. Shak.

2. That which is asked for or requested. "He gave them their request." Ps. cvi. 15. I will both hear and grant you your requests. Shak.

3. A state of being desired or held in such estimation as to be sought after or asked for; demand. Knowledge and fame were in as great request as wealth among us now. Sir W. Temple. Court of Requests. (a) A local tribunal, sometimes called Court of Consience, founded by act of Parliament to facilitate the recovery of small debts from any inhabitant or trader in the district defined by the act; -- now mostly abolished. (b) A court of equity for the relief of such persons as addressed the sovereign by supplication; -- now abolished. It was inferior to the Court of Chancery. [Eng.] Brande & C.

Syn.

– Asking; solicitation; petition; prayer; supplication; entreaty; suit.

Re*quest" (r-kwst"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Requested; p. pr. & vb. n. Requesting.] Etym: [Cf. OF. requester, F. requêter.]

1. To ask for (something); to express desire ffor; to solicit; as, to request his presence, or a favor.

2. To address with a request; to ask. I request you To give my poor host freedom. Shak.

Syn.

– To ask; solicit; entreat; beseech. See Beg.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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