requisition

requisition is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.That which is required by authority; especially, a quota of supplies or necessaries.
  2. 2.A written or normal call; an invitation; a summons; as, a reqisition for a public meeting. [Eng.]
  3. 3.To make a reqisition on or for; as, to requisition a district for forage; to requisition troops.
  4. 4.To present a requisition to; to summon request; as, to requisition a person to be a candidate. [Eng.]

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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