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Request   /rɪkwˈɛst/  /rikwˈɛst/   Listen
noun
Request  n.  
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."
2.
That which is asked for or requested. "He gave them their request." "I will both hear and grant you your requests."
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."
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.)
Synonyms: Asking; solicitation; petition; prayer; supplication; entreaty; suit.



verb
Request  v. t.  (past & past part. requested; pres. part. requesting)  
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."
Synonyms: To ask; solicit; entreat; beseech. See Beg.






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... was a dear little fellow, only five years old, with long golden curls and great blue eyes, was the minister, at his own special request. The children dressed him in a long white sack of Mrs. Lawson's by way of a gown, and gave him a small table for a pulpit. The others, with Gipsey, and a large gray cat, the property of Robby and Kitty, which marched in after them, were the congregation, sitting on the edge of the bed, to be ...
— Neighbor Nelly Socks - Being the Sixth and Last Book of the Series • Sarah L. Barrow

... I refuse to comply with your request? I will now tell you what became of poor Emmeline," and after remaining a while in thoughtful revery, she resumed ...
— Acadian Reminiscences - The True Story of Evangeline • Felix Voorhies

... hopes were dashed by the early death of Hammud in December, 1864. He died in the triumphs of the Christian faith, and from that time she gave herself to the Lord. In August, 1865, she with several others was baptized and received into the communion of the Church. At her own request, she was ...
— The Women of the Arabs • Henry Harris Jessup

... than to sustain those designed to be superseded" and "are exposed to great and permanent injury." There was nothing forceful in this recommendation. He still kept the middle of the road, but his request practically amounted to the completion of some of the new work. It meant the finishing of the Schoharie aqueduct, improving the Jordan level, enlarging the locks of the Erie canal, and going on with the construction of the Black River and ...
— A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3 • DeAlva Stanwood Alexander

... Philip's request was not treated with more respect, nor can I imagine what has put them so much out of humour; I hope ...
— Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 - The Works Of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., In Nine Volumes • Samuel Johnson


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