repute 
All In England did repute him dead. 
Shall., I Hen. IV., v. 1. 54. 
Hadst thou rather be a Faulconbridge . . . 
Or the reputed son of Coeur-de-lion? 
Shot., K. John, i. 1. 138. 
She was generally reputed a witch by the country peo- 
ple. Addison, Freeholder, So. 22. 
Moat of the reputed saints of Egypt are either lunatics 
or idiots or impostors. 
E. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, I. 291. 
2. To estimate; value; regard. 
I repute them [Surrey and Wyatt) . . . for the two chief 
lanternes of light to all others that hare since employed 
their pennes vpon English Poesie. 
Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 50. 
How will the world repute me 
For undertaking so unstaid a journey? 
Shale., T. O. of V., 11. 7. 59. 
We aim and intend to repute and use honours but as in- 
strumental causes of virtuous effects in actions. 
Ford, Line of Life. 
Reputed owner, in law, a person who has to all appear- 
ances the title to and possession of property : thus, accord- 
ing to the rule applied in some jurisdictions, if a reputed 
owner becomes bankrupt, all goods in his possession, with 
the consent of the true owner, may, in general, be claimed 
for the creditors. 
repute (re-put'), . [<rap*t,V.] Reputation; 
character; established opinion; specifically, 
good character; the credit or honor derived 
from common or public opinion. 
All these Cardinals have the Repute of Princes, and, be- 
sides other Incomes, they have the Annats of Benefices to 
support their Greatness. Hmeell, Letters, I. i. 38. 
He who reigns 
Monarch in heaven, till then as one secure 
Sat on his throne, upheld by old repute. 
Milton, P. L., i. 639. 
You have a good repute for gentleness 
And wisdom. Shelley, The Cenci, v. 2. 
Habit and repute. Bee habit. =Syn. See list under 
reputation. 
reputedly (re-pu'ted-li), adv. In common opin- 
ion or estimation ; by repute. Imp. Diet. 
reputeless (re-put'les), a. [< repute + -less."] 
Not having good repute ; obscure ; inglorious ; 
disreputable ; disgraceful. 
In reputeless banishment, 
A fellow of no mark nor likelihood. 
Shall., 1 Hen. IV., HI. 2. 44. 
Requa battery (re'kwa bat'e-ri). [So called 
from its inventor, Keqiia.] A kind of machine- 
gun or mitrailleuse, consisting of a number of 
breech-loading rifle-barrels arranged in a hori- 
zontal plane on a light field-carriage. 
requerant (re-ka-roh'), i. [F., ppr. of reque- 
rir, require: see require.'] In French law, an 
applicant; a petitioner. 
requeret, . t. A Middle English form of require. 
request(re-kwest'),. [< ME. requeest,requeste, 
< OF. requestc, F. requite = Pr. Pg. requesta = 
Sp. requesta, reciiesta = It. richiesta, a request, 
< ML. *requista, requesta, also neuter requistum 
(after Bom.), a request, < L. requisite, sc. res, 
a thing asked for, fern, of requisites, ML. re- 
quistus, pp. of requirere, ask : see require, and 
cf. requisite and quest 1 .'] 1. The expression 
of desire to some person for something to be 
granted or done; an asking; a petition; a 
prayer; an entreaty. 
I calle thee to me jeer and jeer, 
git wolt thou not come at my requeest. 
Political Poems, etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 187. 
Hainan stood up to make request for his life to Esther 
the queen. Esther vii. 7. 
Put my Lord Bolingbroke in mind 
To get my warrant quickly sign'd ; 
Consider, 'tis my first request. 
Pope, Imit. of Horace, II. vi. 77. 
2. That which is asked for or requested. 
He gave them their request; but sent leanness into 
their soul. Ps. cvi. 15. 
Let the request be fifty talents. 
Shall., T. of A., ii. 2.201. 
3f. A question. [Rare.] 
My prime request, 
Which I do last pronounce, is, O you wonder ! 
If you be maid or no. Shak., Tempest, i. 2. 425. 
4. The state of being desired, or held in such 
estimation as to be sought after, pursued, or 
asked for. 
Your noble Tullus Aufldius will appear well in these 
wars, his great opposer, Coriolanus, being now in no re- 
quest of his country. Shak., Cor., iv. 3. 37. 
EvenGuicciardine's silver history, and Ariosto's golden 
cantos, grow out of request. G. Harvey, Four Letters. 
Knowledge and fame were in as great request as wealth 
among us now. Sir W. Temple. 
Court of requests, (a) A former English court of equity 
for the relief of such persons as addressed the king by sup- 
ferior'judge remits or waives his nalural jurisdiction ove' 
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a cause, and authorizes it to be instituted in the superior 
court, which otherwise could only exercise jurisdiction as 
a court of appeal. This may be done in some instances 
without any consent from or communication to the de- 
fendant, (o) Letters formerly granted by the Lord Privy 
Seal preparatory to granting letters of marque. Return 
request. See re<uml. = Syn. 1. Petition, Suit, etc. (see 
prayeri), solicitation. See ask*. 
request (re-kwesf), r. t. [< OF. requester, ask 
again, request, reclaim, F. rcqne'ter, search 
again, = Sp. requestar, requestor, request, en- 
gage, = Pg. requestar, request; from the noun.] 
1. To make a request for; ask ; solicit ; express 
desire for. 
The weight of the golden ear-rings that he requested 
was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold. 
Judges viil. 26. 
The drooping crests of fading flow'rs 
Request the bounty of a morning rain. 
Quarles, Emblems, v. 11. 
2. To express a request to ; ask. 
I request you 
To give my poor host freedom. 
Shak., Cor., I. 9. 86. 
I pray you, sir, let me request you to the Windmill. 
/.'. Jonsoii, Every Man in his Humour, iv. 4. 
-Syn. Beg, Beseech, etc. (see *JH), desire, petition for. 
requester (re-kwes'ter), n. One who requests ; 
a petitioner. 
A regard for the requester would often make one readily 
yield to a request, without waiting for arguments to rea- 
son one into it Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, x. 
request-note (re-kwest'not), n. In the inland 
revenue, an application to obtain a permit for 
removing excisable articles. [Eng.] 
request-program (re-kwest'pro'gram), n. A 
concert program made up of numbers the per- 
formance of which lias been requested by the 
audience. 
requicken (re-kwik'n), v. t. [< re- + quicken 1 .'] 
To reanimate ; give new life to. 
His doubled spirit 
Re-quicken'd what in flesh was fatigate, 
And to the battle came he. Shall., Cor., ii. 2. 121. 
Sweet Music requielmeth the heaviest spirits of dumpish 
melancholy. O. Harvey, Four Letters, iii. 
requiem (re'kwi-em), . [= F. requiem, so 
called from the first word of the introit of the 
mass for the dead, "Requiem seternam dona eis," 
etc. a form which also serves as the gradual, 
and occurs in other offices of the departed : L. 
requiem, ace. of requies, rest, < re-, again, + 
quies, quiet, rest. Cf. dirge, similarly named 
from "IMrige."] 1. In the Horn. Cath. Ch., the 
mass for the dead. 
We should profane the service of the dead 
To sing a requiem and such rest to her 
As to peace- parted souls. Shall., Hamlet, v. 1. 260. 
The silent organ loudest chants 
The master's requiem. Emerson, Dirge. 
2. A musical setting of the mass for the dead. 
The usual sections of such a mass are the Requiem, the 
Kyrie, the Dies lite (in several sections), the Domlne Jesu 
Christe, the Sanctus, the Benedictus, the Agnus Dei, and 
the Lux eeterna. 
3. Hence, in popular usage, a musical service 
or hymn for the dead. Compare the popular 
use of dirge. 
For pity's sake, you that have tears to shed, 
Sigh a soft requiem, and let fall a bead 
For two unfortunate nobles. 
Webster, Devil's Law-Case, it 3. 
4f. Rest ; quiet ; peace. 
Else had I an eternal requiem kept. 
Sandys, Paraphrase upon Job iii. 
=Syn. Dirge, Elegy, etc. See dirge. 
requiem-mass (re'kwi-em-mas), 11. Same as 
requiem, 1. 
requiescat in pace (rek-wi-es'kat in pa'se). 
[LI. : requiescat, 3d pers. sing. subj. of requies- 
cere, rest (see requiescence); in, in; pace, abl. 
of pax, peace: see peace."] May he (or she) 
rest in peace : a form of prayer for the dead, 
frequent in sepulchral inscriptions. Often ab- 
breviated B. I. P. 
requiescence (rek-wi-es'ens), . [< L. requi- 
escen(t-)s, ppr. of rcquiescere, rest, repose, < re- 
+ quiescere, rest: see quiesce, quiescence.] A 
state of quiescence ; rest ; repose. [Rare.] 
Such bolts . . . shall strike agitated Paris if not into 
requiescence, yet into wholesome astonishment. 
Carlyle, French Rev., I. ill. 8. 
requietoryt (re-kwi'e-to-ri), . [< L. reqitictn- 
rinm, a resting-place, sepulcher, < requiescere, 
rest : see requiescence.'] A sepulcher. 
Bodies digged up out of their requietories. 
Weever, Ancient Funeral Monuments, p. 419. 
requirable (re-kwir'a-bl), a. [< ME. requera- 
ble, < OF. requerable, < requerre, require : see 
require and -able.] 1. Capable of being re- 
quired ; fit or proper to be demanded. 
requirer 
The gentleman ... is a man of fair living, and able 
to maintain a lady in her two coaches a day ; . . . iunl 
therefore there is more respect requirable. 
B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, iv. 1. 
I deny not but learning to divide the word, elocution to 
pronounce it, wisdom to discern the truth, boldness to 
deliver it, be all parts requirable in a preacher. 
Ben. T. Adams, Works, II. 256. 
2f. Desirable ; demanded. 
Which is thilke yowre dereworthe power that is so 
deer and so requerable? Chaucer, Boethius, ii. prose 6. 
require (re-kwlr'), r. t. ; pret. and pp. requin-il, 
ppr. requiring. [Early inotl. E. also requi/rc : 
< ME. requiren, requyren, requcrcn, < OF. re- 
quirer, requerir, requerre, F. requerir = Pr. re- 
querer, requerir, requerre =. Cat. requirir = Sp. 
requerir = Pg. requercr = It. ricliicdere, < L. 
requirere, pp. requisitus, seek again, look after, 
seek to know, ask or inquire after, ask for (some- 
thing needed), need, want, < re-, again, + quse- 
rere, seek: see qucrenfi, query, quest 1 . From 
the same L. verb are also nit. E. requisite, etc., 
request. Cf. acquire, inquire, etc.] If. To 
search for ; seek. 
The thirsty Trav'ler 
In vain requir'd the Current, then imprisou'd 
In subterraneous Caverns. 
Prior, First Hymn of Callimachus. 
From the soft Lyre, 
Sweet Flute, and ten-strlng'd Instrument require 
Sounds of Delight. Prior, Solomon, ii. 
2. To ask for as a favor ; request. [Obsolete 
or archaic.] 
Feire lordynges, me merveileth gretly of that ye haue 
me requered, that ye will not that noon know what ye be, 
ne what be youre names. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), II. 204. 
He sends an Agent with Letters to the King of Denmark 
requiring aid against the Parlament. 
Milton, Eikonoklastes, \. 
What favour then, not yet possess'd, 
Can I for thee require ? 
Cowper, Poet's New- Year's Gift. 
3. To ask or claim, as of right and by author- 
ity; demand; insist on having ; exact. 
The same wicked man shall die in his iniquity ; but his 
blood will I require at thine hand. Ezek. iii. 18. 
Doubling their speed, they march with fresh delight, 
Eager for glory, and require the fight. 
Addison, The Campaign. 
We do not require the same self-control in a child as in 
a man. Froude, Sketches, p. 57. 
4. To ask or order to do something ; call on. 
And I pray yow and requyre, telle me of that ye knowe 
my herte desireth so. Merlin (E. E. T. 8.), i. 74. 
In humblest manner I require your highness 
That it shall please you to declare. 
Shale., Hen. VIIL, ii. 4. 144. 
Let the two given extreams be 6 and 48, between which 
it is required to find two mean proportionals. 
Hawkins, Cocker's Decimal Arithmetick (1685). 
Shall burning i'.t u.-i. if a sage requires, 
Forget to thunder, and recall her fires ? 
Pope, Essay on Man, iv. 123. 
Persons to be presented for degrees (other than hono- 
rary) are required to wear not only a white necktie but also 
bands. The Academy, June 1, 1889, p. 376. 
5. To have need or necessity for ; render neces- 
sary or indispensable ; demand; need; want. 
But moist bothe erthe and ayer thai [grains] ther require, 
Land argillose or drie hem sleth for yre. 
Palladius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 106. 
Beseech your highness, 
My women may be with me, for you see 
My plight requires it. Shak., W. T., ii. 1. 118. 
Poetry requires not an examining but a believing frame 
of mind. Macaulay, Dryden. 
= Syn. 2-4. Request, Beg, etc. (see oH), enjoin (upon), 
prescribe, direct, command. 
requirement (re-kwlr'ment), n. [= Sp. requeri- 
miento = Pg. requerimenio ; as require + -ment.] 
1. The act of requiring, in any sense; demand; 
requisition. 
Now, though our actual moral attainment may always 
be far below what our conscience requires of us, it does 
tend to rise in response to a heightened requirement of 
conscience, and will not rise without it. 
T. H. Green, Prolegomena to Ethics, 251. 
2. That which requires the doing of some- 
thing; an authoritative or imperative com- 
mand; an essential condition ; claim. 
The requirement that a wife shall be taken from a for- 
eign tribe readily becomes confounded with the require- 
ment that a wife shall be of foreign blood. 
U. Spencer, Prin. of Sociol., 293. 
3. That which is required; something demand- 
ed or necessary. 
The great want and requirement of our age is an ear- 
nest, thoughtful, and suitable ministry. Eclec. Kev. 
= Syn. 2. Bemiiaite, Requirement (see requisite), mandate, 
injunction, charge, 
requirer (re-kwir'er), n. One who requires. 
It was better for them that they shulde go and requyre 
batayle of their enemyes. rather than they shlllde come 
on them ; for they said they had sene and herde dyuers 
