Definition of request

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Request (n.) The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty.

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Grant :: Grant (v. t.) To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give..
Libel :: Libel (n.) A brief writing of any kind, esp. a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc..
Impetrate :: Impetrate (v. t.) To obtain by request or entreaty.
Importunity :: Importunity (n.) The quality of being importunate; pressing or pertinacious solicitation; urgent request; incessant or frequent application; troublesome pertinacity.
Negative :: Negative (a.) Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial, negation or refusal; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing assent; as, a negative answer; a negative opinion; -- opposed to affirmative..
Refuse :: Refuse (v. t.) To decline to accept; to reject; to deny the request or petition of; as, to refuse a suitor..
Petition :: Petition (v. t.) To make a prayer or request to; to ask from; to solicit; to entreat; especially, to make a formal written supplication, or application to, as to any branch of the government; as, to petition the court; to petition the governor..
Petition :: Petition (n.) A formal written request addressed to an official person, or to an organized body, having power to grant it; specifically (Law), a supplication to government, in either of its branches, for the granting of a particular grace or right; -- in distinction from a memorial, which calls certain facts to mind; also, the written document..
Supplication :: Supplication (n.) A humble petition; an earnest request; an entreaty.
Postulant :: Postulant (n.) One who makes a request or demand; hence, a candidate..
Refuse :: Refuse (v. t.) To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant..
Prayer :: Prayer (v. i.) The act of praying, or of asking a favor; earnest request or entreaty; hence, a petition or memorial addressed to a court or a legislative body..
Importune :: Importune (a.) To request or solicit, with urgency; to press with frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or pertinacity; hence, to tease; to irritate; to worry..
Appeal :: Appeal (v. t.) To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights, etc.; as, I appeal to all mankind for the truth of what is alleged. Hence: To call on one for aid; to make earnest request..
Apply :: Apply (v. i.) To make request; to have recourse with a view to gain something; to make application. (to); to solicit; as, to apply to a friend for information..
Application :: Application (n.) The act of making request of soliciting; as, an application for an office; he made application to a court of chancery..
Bid :: Bid (v. t.) To invite; to call in; to request to come.
Yield :: Yield (v. i.) To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request..
Importunate :: Importunate (a.) Troublesomely urgent; unreasonably solicitous; overpressing in request or demand; urgent; teasing; as, an impotunate petitioner, curiosity..
Ask :: Ask (v. i.) To make inquiry, or seek by request; -- sometimes followed by after..
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