request
/ɹɪˈkwɛst/ verb B1- To ask for (something). · The corporal requested reinforcements.· I have requested that the furniture be moved back to its original position.
- To ask (somebody) to do something. · She called me into her office and requested me to sit down.
Plural request · He/she/it requests · Past requested · Past participle requested · -ing form requesting
Verb forms
- Base form
- request
- He/she/it
- requests
- Past
- requested
- Past participle
- requested
- -ing form
- requesting
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Franz added that his companion, deeply grieved at having been prevented the honor of being presented to the countess during her sojourn in Paris, was most anxious to make up for it, and had requested him (Franz) to remedy the past misfortune by conducting him to her box, and concluded by asking pardon for his presumption in having taken it upon himself to do so.
I should myself have recommended the match, had not the noble marquis anticipated my wishes by requesting my consent to it.’”
“Suffer me, also, madame,” replied Villefort, “to add my earnest request to Mademoiselle de Saint-Méran’s, that you will kindly allow the veil of oblivion to cover and conceal the past.
“Because I ask it, and you alone can grant my request,” answered the Woodman.
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