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order
verb. command, authorize
  • adjure
  • apply for
  • bid
  • book
  • buy
  • call for
  • call the shots
  • call the signals
  • charge
  • contract for
  • decree
  • dictate
  • direct
  • enact
  • engage
  • enjoin
  • hire
  • instruct
  • obtain
  • ordain
  • prescribe
  • pull strings
  • request
  • require
  • reserve
  • rule the roost
  • secure
  • send away for
  • tell
  • warn

petition
noun. appeal, plea
  • address
  • application
  • entreaty
  • imploration
  • imprecation
  • invocation
  • memorial
  • prayer
  • request
  • round robin
  • solicitation
  • suit
  • supplication

petition
verb. plead, appeal for
  • adjure
  • ask
  • beg
  • beseech
  • call upon
  • entreat
  • impetrate
  • implore
  • pray
  • press
  • put in for
  • request
  • seek
  • solicit
  • sue
  • supplicate
  • urge

pray
verb. plead; call upon for help, answer
  • adjure
  • appeal
  • ask
  • beseech
  • brace
  • commune with
  • crave
  • cry for
  • entreat
  • implore
  • importune
  • invocate
  • invoke
  • petition
  • recite
  • request
  • say
  • solicit
  • sue
  • supplicate
  • urge

prayer
noun. pleading, especially with a deity;
  • answer adoration
  • appeal
  • application
  • begging
  • benediction
  • beseeching
  • communion
  • devotion
  • entreaty
  • grace
  • imploration
  • imploring
  • imprecation
  • invocation
  • litany
  • orison
  • petition
  • plea
  • pleading
  • request
  • request for help
  • rogation
  • service
  • suit
  • supplication
  • worship

propose
verb. suggest, present for action
  • adduce
  • advance
  • advise
  • affirm
  • ask
  • assert
  • broach
  • come up with
  • contend
  • counsel
  • hit on
  • hold out
  • introduce
  • invite
  • kibitz
  • lay before
  • lay on the line
  • make a motion
  • make a pitch
  • move for
  • name
  • nominate
  • offer
  • pose
  • prefer
  • press
  • proffer
  • propone
  • proposition
  • propound
  • put forward
  • put to
  • put up
  • recommend
  • request
  • set forth
  • solicit
  • speak one's piece
  • spitball
  • state
  • submit
  • tender
  • urge
  • volunteer

require
verb. ask, demand; necessitate
  • assert oneself
  • beg
  • beseech
  • bid
  • call for
  • call upon
  • cause
  • challenge
  • claim
  • command
  • compel
  • constrain
  • crave
  • demand
  • direct
  • enjoin
  • entail
  • exact
  • expect
  • insist upon
  • instruct
  • involve
  • look for
  • obligate
  • oblige
  • order
  • postulate
  • push for
  • request
  • requisition
  • solicit
  • take

requisition
noun. demand; application for need
  • appropriation
  • call
  • commandeering
  • occupation
  • request
  • seizure
  • summons
  • takeover

requisition
verb. ask for; apply for something needed
  • buy
  • call for
  • challenge
  • claim
  • demand
  • exact
  • order
  • postulate
  • put dibs on
  • put in for
  • request
  • require
  • solicit
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Word Origin & History

request early 14c., from O.Fr. requeste (Fr. requête) "a request," from V.L. *requæsita, from L. requisita "a thing asked for," fem. of requisitus "requested, demanded" (see requisite). The verb is first recorded 1530s.

Example Sentences for request

The request, thus aided by flattery, was almost unanimously granted.

This request he intended to refuse, and enjoyed in advance the humiliation of young Rushton.

It was for them to consider how far they were justified in complying with his request.

He scowled upon me with a natural hate, and refused to comply with my request.

On his return he addressed, by their request, the people gathered to receive him.

Hester was greatly delighted with his ready compliance with her request.

The final volume, by her own request, she received in print.

Upon this Severus at the request of Galerius marched upon Rome.

Two reasons had prompted Wilson to request to have Sidney in the operating-room.

As a matter of fact, he was watching the boy closely, at Max Wilson's request.

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