Definition of "require" []

To have as a requisite; need: Most plants require sunlight. (verb-transitive)
To call for as obligatory or appropriate; demand. See Synonyms at demand. (verb-transitive)
To impose an obligation on; compel: Students are required to attend classes. (verb-transitive)

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Use "require" in a sentence

"Socialism, which require, on one hand, that we lay the foundation for the Socialist organization of emulation, and, on the other hand, _require the use of compulsion so that the slogan of the dictatorship of the proletariat should not be weakened by the practice of a too mild proletarian government_."
"Not all uses of the term require reference to a divinity or divinities."
"Why, for example, does the definition require that a map depict data over time?"

Words like "require"

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cry out for draw exact govern

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