request

Etymology

From Middle English request, from Old French requeste (French requête), from Vulgar Latin *requaesita, from Latin requīsīta, feminine of requīsītus (“requested, demanded”), past participle of requīrō (“require, ask”), composed of re- + quaerō (“I seek, look for”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Italic *kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- (“to acquire”). Compare to French requetér.

verb

1. (transitive or with that clause) To ask for (something).
   The corporal requested reinforcements.
   I have requested that the furniture be moved back to its original position.
2. (transitive) To ask (somebody) to do something.
   She called me into her office and requested me to sit down.

noun

1. Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence).
   The promise that arises upon an account stated, is to pay on request. 1839, The Law Journal for the Year 1832-1949: Comprising Reports
2. A formal message requesting something.
3. Condition of being sought after.
4. (networking) A message sent over a network to a server.
   The server returned a 404 error to the HTTP request.
5. (obsolete) That which is asked for or requested.