request

Meanings

Verb

• To ask for (something).
• To ask (somebody) to do something.

Noun

• Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence).
• A formal message requesting something.
• Condition of being sought after.
• A message sent over a network to a server.
• That which is asked for or requested.

Origin

• From Middle English request, from Old French requeste (French requête), from Vulgar Latin *requaesita, from Latin requīsīta, feminine of requīsītus, past participle of requīrō. Compare to French requetér.