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requérir — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • entail verb To involve or require something as a necessary consequence.
  • necessitate verb To make necessary; to behove; to require (something) to be brought about.
  • require verb To need something as essential.

Senses

requérir is used for these senses in English:

  • entail (transitive) To imply, require, or invoke.
  • necessitate (transitive) To make necessary; to behove; to require (something) to be brought about. [from early 17th c.]
  • require Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary. [from 15th c.]

entail — full definition

  1. verb To involve or require something as a necessary consequence.
  2. noun (law) An estate whose inheritance is restricted to a specific line of heirs.

necessitate — full definition

  1. verb To make necessary; to behove; to require (something) to be brought about.
  2. verb To force into a certain course of action; compel.

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