Re*quest" (r?-kw?st"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Requested; p. pr. & vb. n.
Requesting.]
[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.
Re*quest" (r&esl;*kw&fist;st"), n. [OE.
requeste, OF. requeste, F. requête, 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.
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