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Rizzio's credit with the queen to be the chief and only obstacle to his success in that demand. Robertson. This bank is thought the greatest load on the Genoese, and the managers of it have been represented as a second kind of senate. Addison.

operly by with; as, all rudeness was repugnant to her nature. [His sword] repugnant to command. Shak. There is no breach of a divine law but is more or less repugnant unto the will of the Lawgiver, God himself. Perkins.

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.

To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property. Shall I say to Cæsar What you require of him Shak. By nature did what was by law required. Dryden.

The act of requiring; demand; requisition.

The act of requiring, as of right; a demand or application made as by authority. Specifically: (a) (International Law)

Expressing or implying demand. [R.] Harris.

Sought for; demanded. [R.] Summary on Du Bartas (1621).

o take possession of, as lands and tenements which have been disseized. The sheriff is commanded to reseize the land and all the chattels thereon, and keep the same in his custody till the arrival of the justices of assize. Blackstone.

in France or Italy for a year. The confessor had often made considerable residences in Normandy. Sir M. Hale.

Incapable of being resisted; irresistible. Masters' commands come with a power resistless To such as owe them absolute subjection. Milton. -- Re*sist"less*ly, adv. -- Re*sist"less*ness, n.

esolve my doubt." Shak. To the resolving whereof we must first know that the Jews were commanded to divorce an unbelieving Gentile. Milton.

The state or quality of being respectable; the state or quality which deserves or commands respect.

In the Anglo-Indian army, a native commander of a ressala.

An official account, report, or statement, rendered to the commander or other superior officer; as, the return of men fit for duty; the return of the number of the sick; the return of provisions, etc.

To reclaim; to demand the restoration of. [R.] Vattel (Trans. ).

To vindicate again; to reclaim; to demand and take back. Mitford.

The sheath of the upper mandible of a bird.

nwieldy glaives ill pointed would soon become ridiculous against the thrust and close, commanded three Batavian cohorts . . . to draw up and come to handy strokes. Milton.

The demand, by the consuls or tribunes, of a law to be passed by the people; a proposed law or decree.