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An account or statement of the results of examination or inquiry made by request or direction; relation. "From Thetis sent as spies to make report." Waller.

To ask as a favor; to request. I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way. Ezra viii. 22.

To present a requisition to; to summon request; as, to requisition a person to be a candidate. [Eng.]

hing borrowed, as a book or money; a good return in tennis. You made my liberty your late request: Is no return due from a grateful breast Dryden.

as, the ship sends forward so violently as to endanger her masts. Totten. To send for, to request or require by message to come or be brought.

otes are the receiving note, addressed by the shipper to the chief officer of the vessel, requesting him to receive on board specified goods, and a receipt for the mate to sign, on receiving whose signature it is called the mate's receipt, and is surrendered by the shipper for the bills of lading.

The act of soliciting; earnest request; persistent asking; importunity.

A bagnio; a sweating bath; a vapor bath. These sudatories are much in request for many infirmities. Evelyn.

To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead. By adverse destiny constrained to sue For counsel and redress, he sues to you. Pope. Cæsar came to Rome to sue for the double honor of a triumph and the consulship. C. Middleton. The Indians were defeated and sued for peace. Jefferson.…

A humble petition; an earnest request; an entreaty.

To vex with importunity or impertinence; to harass, annoy, disturb, or irritate by petty requests, or by jests and raillery; to plague. Cowper. He . . . suffered them to tease him into acts directly opposed to his strongest inclinations. Macaulay.

To order; to request; to command. He told her not to be frightened. Dickens.

Importunate; troublesome with requests. [Obs.] Golden Boke.

used to introduce a preamble which is the basis of declarations, affirmations, commands, requests, or like, that follow.

Expression of desire; request; petition; hence, invocation or imprecation. Blistered be thy tongue for such a wish. Shak.

To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request.