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One who asks; a petitioner; an inquirer. Shak.

sight; at this news; merry at anything; at this declaration; at his command; to demand, require, receive, deserve, endure at your hands.

To gain or obtain possession of; to acquire. [Obs. with a material object.] Chaucer.

That which is attained to, or obtained by exertion; acquirement; acquisition; (pl.), mental acquirements; knowledge; as, literary and scientific attainments.

A writ which lies after judgment, to inquire whether a jury has given a false verdict in any court of record; also, the convicting of the jury so tried. Bouvier.

be ready for service; to wait or be in waiting; -- often followed by on or upon. He was required to attend upon the committee. Clarendon.

which the law-executing power is a party, and to advise this supreme executive whenever required. Wharton.

To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit. The king serves only as a notary to authenticate the choice of judges. Burke.

To ask; to inquire or inquire of.

oo gentleman; native clerk who writes English; also, a Hindoo title answering to Mr. or Esquire. Whitworth.

cer; as, the man is out on bail; to go bail for any one. Excessive bail ought not to be required. Blackstone.

the money values of the exports and imports of a country; or more commonly, the amount required on one side or the other to make such an equilibrium. -- Balance valve, a valve whose surfaces are so arranged that the fluid pressure tending to seat, and that tending to unseat the valve, are nearly in equilibrium; esp.,…

ar tracery (Arch.), ornamental stonework resembling bars of iron twisted into the forms required. -- Blank bar (Law). See Blank. -- Case at bar (Law), a case presently before the court; a case under argument. -- In bar of, as a sufficient reason against; to prevent. -- Matter in bar, or Defence in bar, a plea which…

pet in readiness for firing. -- Masked battery, a battery artificially concealed until required to open upon the enemy. -- Out of battery, or From battery, withdrawn, as a gun, to a position for loading.

A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman. Whereby ye shall bind me to be your poor beadsman for ever unto Almighty God. Fuller.

nt of the number of deaths in a place or district within a given time; also, a district required to be covered by such statement; as, a place within the bills of mortality of London. -- Bill of pains and penalties, a special act of a legislature which inflicts a punishment less than death upon persons supposed to be g…

shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.

Wearing boots, especially boots with long tops, as for riding; as, a booted squire.

The service formerly required of a tenant, to carry timber from the woods to the lord's house. Bailey. Mozley & W.

To inclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to bring to a required form. To box a tree, to make an incision or hole in a tree for the purpose of procuring the sap. -- To box off, to divide into tight compartments. -- To box up. (a) To put into a box in order to save; as, he had boxed up twelve score pounds. (b) To…