Definition of "request" []

• To express a desire for; ask for. Often used with an infinitive or clause: requested information about the experiment; requested to see the evidence firsthand; requested that the bus driver stop at the next corner. (verb-transitive)
• To ask (a person) to do something: The police requested her to accompany them. (verb-transitive)
• The act of asking. (noun)
• Something asked for. (noun)
• By request In response to an expressed desire: We are offering these scarves for sale again by request. (idiom)

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• "Earlier I had made a request about trauma related statistics, she then cited statistics on them as a “refutation” to my _request_."
• "+I give thanks to my God+ (He is mine, as I am His) +over my whole memory of you; always in each request of mine on behalf of you all forming and expressing+ (_poioumenos_ [2]) +that+ (_tên_) +request with joy+;"
• "My main request is that you remain cautious about engaging in speculation, rumor, or hearsay accounts of the case."