Reverse Dictionary: REQUIRE

ADJECTIVES
► IRREPOSCIBLE not to be required again → 1656 obs.
► NEEDY necessary, required → 1487 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
► UP TO DOOR up to standard, as required → L19 sl.

NOUNS
► NEED-MADE-UP anything hastily prepared because immediately required → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► NEEDMENTS needs, requirements → 1603 chiefly Sc.
► NEED-TURN an immediate requirement → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► OCCASIONS needs, requirements → 1596 obs.
► RIGHT STUFF, THE something that is just what is required; alcoholic drink; money → 1748 sl.

PHRASES
► THAT’S THE CHAP AS MARRIED ANNA that’s the person required; used as an expression of approval → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)

VERBS
► AGAIN-SEEK to ask for, to require → a1382 obs.
► BEHOOVE ► BEHOVE to have use for or need of; to require; to be in want of → c890 obs.
► CUT THE MUSTARD to meet the requirements; to ‘fill the bill’ → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► MAUND ► MAWND to ask or require; hence, to beg → 16C UK criminals’ sl.
► OFGO to demand, to require, to exact → c1000 obs.
► ONSEEK to seek or require something of a person → a800 obs.
► SHELL OUT to do what is required or demanded → 1941 US sl.
► THOLE to allow, to permit, to admit of; to require, to stand in need of → 1864 Sc. & Eng. dial.