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English Dictionary: request	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
request n a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority Synonym(s): request, petition, postulation the verbal act of requesting Synonym(s): request, asking v express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" Synonym(s): request, bespeak, call for, quest ask (a person) to do something; "She asked him to be here at noon"; "I requested that she type the entire manuscript" inquire for (information); "I requested information from the secretary"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Request \Request"\ (r?-kw?st"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Requested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Requesting}.] [Cf. OF. requester, F. requ[ecir]ter.] 1. To ask for (something); to express desire ffor; to solicit; as, to request* his presence, or a favor. 2. To address with a request; to ask. I request you To give my poor host freedom. --Shak. Syn: To ask; solicit; entreat; beseech. See {Beg}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Request \Request"\ (r?-kw[b5]st"), n. [OE. requeste, OF. requeste, F. requ[?]te, LL. requesta, for requisita, fr. L. requirere, requisitum, to seek again, ask for. See {Require}, and cf. {Quest}.] 1. 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. 2. That which is asked for or requested. [bd]He gave them their request.[b8] --Ps. cvi. 15. I will both hear and grant you your requests. --Shak. 3. A state of being desired or held in such estimation as to be sought after or asked for; demand. Knowledge and fame were in as great request* as wealth among us now. --Sir W. Temple. {Court of Requests}. (a) A local tribunal, sometimes called {Court of Consience}, founded by act of Parliament to facilitate the recovery of small debts from any inhabitant or trader in the district defined by the act; -- now mostly abolished. (b) A court of equity for the relief of such persons as addressed the sovereign by supplication; -- now abolished. It was inferior to the Court of Chancery. [Eng.] --Brande & C. Syn: Asking; solicitation; petition; prayer; supplication; entreaty; suit.