requisitionn.

Brit.

/ˌrɛkwᵻˈzɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌrɛkwəˈzɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: late Middle English requisicion, late Middle English requisicione, late Middle English requisicyon (in a late copy), late Middle English requysicioun, 1500s requisision, 1500s– requisition; Scottish pre-1700 requesitioun, pre-1700 requisicion, pre-1700 requisicione, pre-1700 requisicioun, pre-1700 requisicioune, pre-1700 requisitione, pre-1700 requisitioun, pre-1700 1700s– requisition.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French requisition; Latin requīsītiōn-, requīsītiō.

Etymology: < Middle French requisicion, requisition, French réquisition action of requesting or demanding something, request, demand (c1175 in Old French; the specific legal use is apparently not paralleled until later: 1636), demand for goods to be surrendered or services to be rendered, made by a non-military authority (1790), conscription of people for military service, appropriation of goods or equipment for military purposes (both 1791) and its etymon classical Latin requīsītiōn-, requīsītiō investigation, in post-classical Latin also levy (8th cent.), request (frequently from 12th cent. in British sources; also in continental sources) < requīsīt- , past participial stem of requīrere require v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Old Occitan requisició (13th cent.), Catalan requisició (1272), Spanish requisición (beginning of the 12th cent.), Portuguese requisição (1446 as requisiçooẽs, plural), Italian requisizione (c1318 or earlier).With to put (also place, call, etc.) in (or into) requisition at sense 3a compare French mettre en réquisition (1824 or earlier).

†1.

a. The action of requesting or demanding something; a request, a demand. Obsolete.

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the mind > language > speech > request > [noun]

wordOE

askc1275

boonc1275

request1395

requisition?a1450

contemplationa1475

regratec1475

requirement1530

interrogation1551

requiry1598

vote1632

society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > demand > a demand

demandc1290

boonc1300

calla1400

requisition?a1450

plea1598

requiral1611

clarion call?1784

drafta1817

outcry1834

?a1450 J. Arderne in 17th Internat. Congr. Med. (1914) xxiii. 126 (MED) At the requisicione of the persone he hadde a syghte of his infirmyte.

a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1906) ii. 638 (MED) Þe Iustices, at þe requisicion of þe fore-seide abbas, made þe tenoure of þe recorde..to be exemplified bi þese presente writinges.

1503 in Lett. Richard III & Henry VII (1861) I. 201 [Our] instaunt petition to make an instrument..and the noble men standing about to be witnes[ses, as] we made like requisition.

1566 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 485 Quhais requisitioun being bayth ressonabill, and honorabill [etc.].

1620 tr. Accord of Ulm in H. Wotton Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 533 Neither of them ought to deny it: provided the same requisition be seasonably made, not upon rash and precipitate advice.

1647 Earl of Galloway's Family Papers 21 May in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) [They are] to attend him fyfteine dayes upon the said nobill lord his requesitioun.

1752 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 5 Mar. (1932) (modernized text) V. 1842 I am sure you would have written, according to your engagement and my requisition.

1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. II. v. 66 With this requisition..Montezuma was so obsequious as to comply.

1797 A. Radcliffe Italian III. xi. 373 I obey your requisition, and inquire the purpose of it?

1816 T. L. Peacock Headlong Hall ii. 12 Indefatigable in his requisitions for the proximity of his vinous Achates.

1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire V. xlii. 17 The legatus was compelled to send his son to Rome as the bearer of these requisitions.

b. A requirement, a necessary condition. Obsolete.

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the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun] > terms of agreement > a condition or stipulation

mannerc1400

covenantc1440

conditionala1533

authorament1607

requisition1620

postulatum1639

thingum1649

qualification1660

ultimatum1733

requirement1737

term1746

stipulation1750

contingency1818

precondition1825

chapter1864

1620 J. Ford Line of Life 52 He..that like a blaze vpon a Mountain, stands neerest in grace to his Prince: or like a vigilant Sentinell in a Watch-tower, busies and weakens his owne naturall and vitall spirits, to administer Equalitie and Iustice to all, according to the requisition of his office.

1641 W. Montagu Coppy of Let. 2 The controversies of doctrine [were] intricate, and so many, as they required much time, and learning for their disquisition onely, and I found my self unprovided of both those Requisitions.

1768 Polit. Reg. Sept. 132 When it [sc. the government of Virginia] was given him, it was considered as a sinecure, without any requisition of residence.

1797 Crit. Rev. May 30 Among taxes partaking of the nature of free-gifts, may also be reckoned the requisition for the rich to exhibit, at their own expense, theatrical entertainments.

1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. vii. 271 How gloriously does the christian atonement meet this requisition.

1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe II. viii. 498 It would be..a great mistake to imagine that the requisitions for academical degrees were ever much insisted on.

1856 J. F. Ferrier Inst. Metaphysic (ed. 2) Introd. 7 It is to be accounted for..by that neglect of the chief requisition of philosophy which has been already pointed out.

a. Originally Scots Law. The action or an act of formally requiring a person to carry out an action, fulfil an obligation, pay a debt, etc.; a written demand of this nature. Formerly also: †the fact of being held to a duty in this way (obsolete).Occasionally spec. †a formal demand by notarial instrument that a wadsetter appear and accept repayment of a sum due under a wadset (obsolete).

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society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > demand > requiring person to do something

requisition1498

summons1595

1498 in G. Neilson & H. Paton Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1918) II. 106 And..the sade Jhone being requirit, as sade is, that requisicione, wrang or falt being made be the sade Jhone..and being previt before ane competent jug..[he] oblisis him til pay [etc.].

1553 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. I. 149 Quhairof as yit thair can be na redress had for na requisitioun that the Wardane of Scotland can mak.

1553 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. II. 192 Alexander..requirit and desyrit him to entir the said maister Thomas to the said Alexander within sex dayis efter his requisitioun.

1559–60 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. 11 525 For..scho was oft tymes in vehement seiknes..quhen dew requisitioun couth nocht be maid.

1611 in J. M. Thomson Inventory Documents Scrymgeour Family Estates (1912) 47 Procuratorie of requisitioun..to requyre the laird of Erlishall to ressave iij^c merkis for redemptioun of the..landis of Kowbaikie.

a1648 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII (1649) 127 If either of the two, recover from France places belonging to the other, he shall, upon requisition, restore them, within a moneth.

1656 in J. A. Clyde Hope's Major Practicks (1937) I. 140 Ane woman heretrix might be oblidged to ane clause of requisition in ane contract of wodsett.

1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. i. xx. §22. 410 Requisition requires also the same solemnities that Premonition requires.

1714 W. Forbes Jrnl. Session 1705–13 176 A Clause of Requisition doth not suspend the Debtor's Obligation, or any ordinary Action for Payment.

a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) I. ii. ii. §16. 175 Requisition used by a creditor upon a right of wadset.

1780 E. Burke Speech Bristol previous to Election 56 The reasons for taking away the penalties..and for refusing to establish them on the riotous requisition of 1780.

1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 855 In certain cases, requisition is necessary to put the debtor in mora; and then the proper way of proving requisition is by a notarial instrument.

1843 T. B. Macaulay Ld. Clive in Crit. & Hist. Ess. III. 179 According to the by-laws of the Company, there can be no ballot except on a requisition signed by nine proprietors.

1892 Daily News 5 Apr. 3/7 He stated that during his lesseeship of the Lyceum he had spent 45,000l. on the house..some of this voluntarily and some under ‘requisitions’.

1915 A. Conan Doyle Valley of Fear i. ii. 32 Official requisition for your services is in separate envelope.

1972 Bulletin (Sydney) 1 Apr. 43/1 My sympathies go to anyone who signed the requisition calling for the overthrow of that absurdly romanticised bully Governor Bligh on Anniversary Day 1808.

1993 R. Walker Commerc. Leases (BNC) 24 The Tenant..shall not require any evidence of or raise any objection requisition or enquiry in respect of the Landlord's title.

b. Law. In full requisition on (also of) title. A demand made by the purchaser of a property to the vendor for an official search or for information relating to the title. Frequently in plural.

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1846 W. Hughes Pract. of Sales Real Prop. I. iv. 243 Requisitions [Index has requisitions of title] like those I have just alluded to are generally inserted in the margin.

1881 N. Wales Chron. 16 Apr. 7/4 We cannot possibly expect a pawnbroker to..institute for every gold watch and every dozen of teaspoons hypothecated to him what conveyancers term a ‘requisition of title’.

1955 Mod. Law Rev. 18 404 The bank could not without making a requisition of title reminiscent of that occurring on a conveyance of real property have discovered the plaintiff's immediate right to this.

1991 R. M. Coates Moeran's Pract. Conveyancing (ed. 12) 83 It is very important to be able to read through an unregistered title and spot any errors that should form the subject-matter of requisitions on title.

3. The state or condition of being called or pressed into service or use.

a. to put (also place, call, etc.) in (or into) requisition: to put (something) into use; to press (a person) into service.

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the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (transitive)] > by (public) authority > for public service > release from > esp. military

to put (also place, call, etc.) in (or into) requisitiona1637

requisition1837

commandeer1881

the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > demand

calla1300

yeiec1320

to ask account?c1450

to call for ——1479

demand1484

inquirea1513

expostulate1548

advocatea1575

to stand upon ——1577

postulate1605

to stand on ——1606

bespeak1677

to put (also place, call, etc.) in (or into) requisition1831

requisition1874

society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > demand

bid971

ofgoOE

askOE

cravec1025

to call after ——?a1300

requirea1382

callc1430

protest1459

to call for ——1479

demand1489

speer1493

command1576

to put (also place, call, etc.) in (or into) requisition1831

requisition1874

a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub iii. i, in Wks. (1640) III Wee good Vree-holders cannot live in quiet, But every houre new purcepts, Huy's and Cry's , Put us to requisitions night and day.

1796 C. Smith Marchmont IV. 56 His eldest son..having been put in requisition: he was himself, he said, too old for a soldier.

1815 H. M. Williams Narr. Events France xi. 244 As the carriages arrived near the bridge, they were immediately put in requisition [to transport the wounded].

1831 W. Godwin Thoughts Man 84 When the first novelty of his pieces was gone, they were seldom called into requisition.

1877 W. E. Gladstone in 19th Cent. Nov. 549 The old terrors, the old bugbears, were at once put in requisition.

1900 Davenport (Iowa) Daily Leader 21 Nov. 8/2 20 tables were placed in requisition.

1934 S. J. Cash Prospecting for Gold 9 There was an improvement in the method..when someone brought the loam-bag into requisition.

2007 Times 8 Nov. 80 The task of preserving order..will call into requisition not only the utmost exertions of the police, but the good feeling of the masses and their sense of decorum.

b. to be in requisition: to be in use. Frequently with modifying adjective, as constant, frequent, etc.

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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > be in use or called into use [verb (intransitive)]

to be in requisition1795

1795 tr. Report in Coll. State Papers War against France II. 243 The raw articles of every description, not necessary for the army or navy, which may be found in the magazines of the Republic, or which are in requisition on its account, shall immediately be put up to public sale.

1799 W. G. Browne Trav. Afr. xxi. 341 No part of the materia medica is so much in requisition as those which stimulate to animal pleasure.

1802 Port Folio 30 Oct. 341/3 The whole host of taylors, mantua-makers, and milliners, have been for a month in requisition.

1817 W. Beloe Sexagenarian I. 333 The guillotine was (to use their abominable jargon) in constant requisition.

1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. i. iii. 20 That duty done, once more the straw hat and Sultan were in requisition.

1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities iii. v. 188 He and his book were in frequent requisition as to property confiscated and made national.

1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker ix. 142 The new coat was unbuttoned and all flying open: the new silk handkerchief in busy requisition.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 268/1 The balloon corps was in constant requisition during the campaign.

1954 PMLA 69 358 And both democratic respectability and Truth, in these anti-intellectualist days, appear most desperately in requisition.

2001 O. Prakash Encycl. Hist. Indian Freedom Movement i. 23 Cornwallis returned to England, only to find that his services were again in requisition by the Government.

4. Chiefly Military.

a. A conscription of people into military service; the action of calling up or calling on troops for a particular purpose. Also in extended use.

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1749 W. Biggs Mil. Hist. Europe 385 A Requisition was immediately made of the Dutch Auxiliaries, and some British Troops were remanded from Flanders.

1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. I. 171 A requisition was made of the six thousand auxiliaries, which the States General were..obliged to furnish.

1829 T. F. Gordon Hist. Pennsylvania xv. 349 He concluded this reprimand with a requisition of additional troops from New England, New York, and New Jersey.

1895 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Nov. 1/3 Here we see requisition for men made on battalions not in the First Army Corps at all.

1946 Times 19 Jan. 4/6 M. Hertzog submitted that requisitions of civilian labour and employment of prisoners of war were in violation of the conventions of The Hague and Geneva.

2005 A. Johansen Soldiers as Police x. 262 In cases of requisition of troops, soldiers had to be mobilised from the neighbouring district of Düsseldorf.

b. Appropriation of goods or equipment, esp. for military purposes; an order for a town, district, etc., to provide a military force with supplies.

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the mind > possession > taking > seizing > [noun] > by (public) authority > for public service

purveyance1423

purveying1442

imprest1610

impressure1680

impressment1796

requisitionc1806

press1855

commandeering1894

society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > [noun] > provision or procurement of supplies > requisitioning

requisitionc1806

conscription1820

c1806 R. Wilson Cape of Good Hope in Life Gen. Sir R. Wilson (1862) I. App. ix. 391 The cavalry was mounted by requisition on the best horses of the country.

1897 Cavalry Tactics xxii. 141 When the inhabitants are hostile, and refuse to comply with the requisition, an intimation that..they will be taken by force, usually has the desired effect.

1939 Times 22 Sept. 10/5 The liability..on the requisitioning authority to make good any damage to the vehicle which may occur during the period of the requisition.

1991 Nat. Jrnl. (Nexis) 27 Apr. 988 Ships owned by Americans could still be subject to military requisition in wartime.

5. The action of imposing a levy or a demand for financial contributions from a state, organization, etc.; an order for such a supply of funds.

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1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. iv. vii. 227 It has been proposed..that the colonies should be taxed by requisition .

1796 Ann. 4th Congr. 2 Sess. 2699 The system of requisitions upon the States..utterly failed under the late Confederation.

1831 J. V. L. McMahon Hist. View Govt. Maryland I. ii. iii. 265 The Assembly represented the province as utterly unable to meet the requisition.

1860 T. D. Woolsey Introd. Internat. Law §129 After the battle of Jena..the requisition upon humbled Prussia was more than a hundred millions of francs.

1935 Univ. Toronto Law Jrnl. 1 190 The duty incumbent upon the municipal council to comply with the requisition of the school board.

1999 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) (Nexis) 24 Apr. 2 Councils which received requisitions from joint boards or committees had to pay them without any discussion whatsoever.

6. A formal request to take or purchase something; the action of making such a request. Also: an act of taking something required.

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1827 Afr. Repository & Colonial Jrnl. Oct. 240 I have made a requisition on the Navy Department, for 50,000 cyprus, juniper, or yellow pine Shingles.

1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) 338/1 Supplies are now..stored in magazines in rear of an army, and a requisition is made on them for the daily wants of the troops.

1935 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail 9 Jan. 3/2 To establish the pre-auditing of requisitions made under quarterly budget allotments, for the purpose of controlling state expenditures.

1945 Amer. Speech 20 227/1 From the time a requisition leaves a depot until the requested supplies arrive there.

1992 Sunday Times of India 9 Aug. (Review section) 2/8 I needed black-and-white copies of nine miniatures and, on my requisition, the V&A sent me a proforma bill for £193.

Compounds

attributive.

C1. With the sense ‘that has been requisitioned’, as requisition horse, requisition man.

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the mind > language > speech > request > [adjective]

requisitory1447

petitional?1525

petitionary1579

requisitorial1716

requisition1794

petitive1923

1794 Thoughts on Present Posture of Affairs 14 From the particular circumstances attending the formation of those armies, it would be more safe and practicable to disband them.., as the greater part consists in requisition men.

1801 Port Folio 26 Sept. 306/1 The requisition men are there driven to the armies with their hands tied behind them.

1806 R. Wilson Jrnl. 11 Feb. in Life Gen. Sir R. Wilson (1862) I. v. 307 I..have been on several committees to fix the price of requisition horses.

1894 Littell's Living Age 16 June 649/2 This traveller, who was clearly designed by nature for a soldier, got hold of four requisition horses.

C2. With the sense ‘that officially records a requisition’, as requisition form, requisition note, requisition notice, requisition paper, requisition slip.

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1811 H. Taylor Memoirs 181 The light will be placed when the signatures of the shipowners and merchants are procured, and the requisition paper returned to them.

1817 Amer. Reg. I. 378/1 An order in council of the 13th June following has authorised the commutation of these cents for requisition-notes.

1847 Times 8 Jan. 2/3 The requisition forms can be obtained by application at the Company's offices.

1849 Bankers' Mag. June 320 No draft or letter of credit should be signed by the manager until countersigned by the accountant, and compared with the requisition-slip.

1911 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 23 Apr. 1/7 Burns said he would start tonight for Los Angeles..Governor Marshall having honored requisition papers.

1916 G. Frankau Poet. Wks. (1923) I. 226 A faked requisition note.

1938 L. Bemelmans Life Class iii. ii. 221 A stack of requisition slips, for the carpentry department, for the painters,..for the printer.

1974 P. Gore-Booth With Great Truth & Respect 150 We..were alarmed by the appearance of requisition notices on the doors of adjoining houses.

1992 R. Harris Fatherland ii. 94 She licked her pencil and entered the twelve digits of March's service number on to the requisition form.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

requisitionv.

Brit.

/ˌrɛkwᵻˈzɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌrɛkwəˈzɪʃ(ə)n/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: requisition n.

Etymology: < requisition n. Compare French réquisitionner to require to be supplied or lent for military purposes (1796), to call upon or call in (a person) for a particular purpose (1883).

a. transitive. To call upon or call in (a person) for a particular purpose.

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society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > summon

lathec900

hightOE

clepec1000

ofclepeOE

ofsendOE

warna1250

callc1300

summonc1300

incalla1340

upcallc1340

summonda1400

becallc1400

ofgredec1400

require1418

assummonc1450

accitec1475

provoke1477

convey1483

mand1483

whistle1486

vocatec1494

wishc1515

to call up1530

citea1533

convent1540

convocate1542

prorogate1543

accersit1548

whistle for1560

advocatea1575

citate1581

evocate1639

demand1650

to warn in1654

summons1694

invoke1697

to send for1744

to turn up1752

requisition1800

whip1857

1800 Ld. Castlereagh Let. 22 Apr. in W. Beresford Corr. J. Beresford (1854) II. 247 Lord Downshire is here: he has requisitioned the sheriff, which has been refused.

1877 Times 27 Dec. 8/3 The ex-Lord Mayor of London has again been requisitioned [to play in a pantomime].

1887 Times (Weekly ed.) 14 Oct. 7/4 The military had to be requisitioned.

1921 E. K. Broadus Laureateship vii. 103 The ‘King's Band of Music’ and the Chapel Royal were requisitioned to furnish their New Year and Birthday celebrations every year.

2000 S. Broughton et al. World Music: Rough Guide II. i. 96/2 Troupes of Manganiyar musicians can be requisitioned to play for camel safaris and barbecues in the desert.

b. transitive. To take over the use of; to press (a thing) into service. Occasionally (chiefly humorous): to steal, to make unauthorized use of. Also: to take advantage of, make demands on.

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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or make use of [verb (transitive)] > press into service

impress1657

enlist1699

to draw upon ——1800

requisition1871

to press into service1926

1871 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Daily Sentinel 1 Apr. ‘Requisitioned’ is what they call it in Indianapolis when a man steals a horse or anything.

1873 Times 3 June 7/1 Every available spot from which the jumping could be seen was made use of, boxes, buckets, and even rakes and brooms being requisitioned as stand-points.

1879 W. Black Macleod of Dare xxxiii And so the hospitalities of the little inn were requisitioned to the utmost.

1927 A. Conan Doyle Case-bk. Sherlock Holmes 64 I had requisitioned the carriage for the day.

1961 W. Brandon Indians 310/2 A few roistering Smackshop Chilluckittequaws requisitioned an ox.

2002 N. Lebrecht Song of Names v. 104 She had requisitioned a church hall and taken charge of rehousing and relief.

c. transitive. To make a requisition for, formally request to have (something).

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the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > demand

calla1300

yeiec1320

to ask account?c1450

to call for ——1479

demand1484

inquirea1513

expostulate1548

advocatea1575

to stand upon ——1577

postulate1605

to stand on ——1606

bespeak1677

to put (also place, call, etc.) in (or into) requisition1831

requisition1874

society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > demand

bid971

ofgoOE

askOE

cravec1025

to call after ——?a1300

requirea1382

callc1430

protest1459

to call for ——1479

demand1489

speer1493

command1576

to put (also place, call, etc.) in (or into) requisition1831

requisition1874

1874 F. C. Burnand My Time xiv. 113 Everything necessary for his departure..had to be requisitioned hastily.

1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Oct. 11/1 May I requisition your fairness to a political opponent to be allowed to point out [etc.].

1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 Aug. 3/3 He gets a weekly list of all new publications, and requisitions what he thinks he will be able to sell.

1943 Sci. & Mech. Spring 33/1 The stored steel is requisitioned by materials expediters in accord with their detailed construction schedules, and brought by crane to the plate shop.

1972 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 22 Aug. 8/4 Orders to show cause and all other filed papers required in the consideration of a motion must be requisitioned from the County Clerk at least two days prior to the date of the argument.

1992 Accountancy (BNC) 92 Whether disclosure is required if the Calcutta office bills the US parent direct will depend on who requisitions the work.

d. transitive. spec. Of the members of an organization or other body: to call formally for (a meeting).

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1884 Med. Rec. 21 June 707/2 They requisitioned a general meeting in London.

1905 Times 4 Nov. 14/2 It was thought worth while to requisition a meeting to consider the scheme put forward.

1975 Economist (Nexis) 3 May 37 The 15 antimarketeers on the NEC..had requisitioned a special executive meeting from the platform.

1996 Ann. Rep. Gen. Council of Bar 1995 4/1 In March the threshold figures for calling for a ballot or for requisitioning an extraordinary meeting were increased to reflect the increase in the size of the practising Bar.

2. Military.

a. transitive. To require (a thing or person) to be supplied or lent for military purposes; to demand the use or labour of; to acquire by requisition.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > practise logistics [verb (transitive)] > provision > requisition

requisition1837

commandeer1881

the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (transitive)] > by (public) authority > for public service > release from > esp. military

to put (also place, call, etc.) in (or into) requisitiona1637

requisition1837

commandeer1881

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. i. viii. 85 Such hundredfold miscellany of teams, requisitioned or lawfully owned, making way,..rolled here to right and to left.

1870 Daily News 8 Dec. The Government authorised the prefects and sous-prefects to requisition such horses as might be needed.

1881 G. A. Henty Cornet of Horse (1888) viii. 74 A considerable portion of the allied army were quartered..in large convents requisitioned for the purpose.

1900 Times 26 Jan. 4/4 None of these funds appear to be available for relief of the Zulus, although many of them have been requisitioned as wagon-drivers.

1961 B. Fergusson Watery Maze vi. 123 Merchant ships with Merchant Navy crews, requisitioned for Admiralty service.

2000 T. Clancy Bear & Dragon liv. 855 The 201st had requisitioned every tanker truck its officers could locate.

†b. transitive. To make demands for supplies on (a place). Obsolete.

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the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (transitive)] > by (public) authority > for public service > release from > impose requisition upon

requisition1861

1861 N. Amer. Rev. Aug. 153 Thence she hastened to Oban, where she remained during the night of the 3d, in which she requisitioned the town and captured a one-gun battery and several more steamers.

1870 Daily News 14 Dec. The French Army of the North, after permitting Amiens and Rouen to be..requisitioned by the enemy [etc.].

1897 Cavalry Tactics xxii. 141 When it is intended to requisition a village or town, all the outlets should be guarded.

Derivatives

ˌrequiˈsitioned adj.

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1871 Times 22 June 10/1 A Prussian Uhlan, on horseback, handing a requisitioned bottle of champagne to a Saxon trooper.

1900 N.Y. Times 27 June 4/1 Large quantities of bar gold received by merchants in the western part of the Transvaal,..ostensibly in payment of requisitioned goods, have been seized by the British.

1978 O. White Silent Reach ix. 99 Diagulski was sitting at the end of the requisitioned kitchen table.

2008 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 31 May (Features section) 14 RAF personnel lived in requisitioned houses in Hughenden Terrace.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	requisition
释义	requisitionn. Brit. /ˌrɛkwᵻˈzɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌrɛkwəˈzɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: late Middle English requisicion, late Middle English requisicione, late Middle English requisicyon (in a late copy), late Middle English requysicioun, 1500s requisision, 1500s– requisition; Scottish pre-1700 requesitioun, pre-1700 requisicion, pre-1700 requisicione, pre-1700 requisicioun, pre-1700 requisicioune, pre-1700 requisitione, pre-1700 requisitioun, pre-1700 1700s– requisition. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French requisition; Latin requīsītiōn-, requīsītiō. Etymology: < Middle French requisicion, requisition, French réquisition action of requesting or demanding something, request, demand (c1175 in Old French; the specific legal use is apparently not paralleled until later: 1636), demand for goods to be surrendered or services to be rendered, made by a non-military authority (1790), conscription of people for military service, appropriation of goods or equipment for military purposes (both 1791) and its etymon classical Latin requīsītiōn-, requīsītiō investigation, in post-classical Latin also levy (8th cent.), request (frequently from 12th cent. in British sources; also in continental sources) < requīsīt- , past participial stem of requīrere require v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Old Occitan requisició (13th cent.), Catalan requisició (1272), Spanish requisición (beginning of the 12th cent.), Portuguese requisição (1446 as requisiçooẽs, plural), Italian requisizione (c1318 or earlier).With to put (also place, call, etc.) in (or into) requisition at sense 3a compare French mettre en réquisition (1824 or earlier). †1. a. The action of requesting or demanding something; a request, a demand. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] wordOE askc1275 boonc1275 request1395 requisition?a1450 contemplationa1475 regratec1475 requirement1530 interrogation1551 requiry1598 vote1632 society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > demand > a demand demandc1290 boonc1300 calla1400 requisition?a1450 plea1598 requiral1611 clarion call?1784 drafta1817 outcry1834 ?a1450 J. Arderne in 17th Internat. Congr. Med. (1914) xxiii. 126 (MED) At the requisicione of the persone he hadde a syghte of his infirmyte. a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1906) ii. 638 (MED) Þe Iustices, at þe requisicion of þe fore-seide abbas, made þe tenoure of þe recorde..to be exemplified bi þese presente writinges. 1503 in Lett. Richard III & Henry VII (1861) I. 201 [Our] instaunt petition to make an instrument..and the noble men standing about to be witnes[ses, as] we made like requisition. 1566 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 485 Quhais requisitioun being bayth ressonabill, and honorabill [etc.]. 1620 tr. Accord of Ulm in H. Wotton Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 533 Neither of them ought to deny it: provided the same requisition be seasonably made, not upon rash and precipitate advice. 1647 Earl of Galloway's Family Papers 21 May in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) [They are] to attend him fyfteine dayes upon the said nobill lord his requesitioun. 1752 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 5 Mar. (1932) (modernized text) V. 1842 I am sure you would have written, according to your engagement and my requisition. 1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. II. v. 66 With this requisition..Montezuma was so obsequious as to comply. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian III. xi. 373 I obey your requisition, and inquire the purpose of it? 1816 T. L. Peacock Headlong Hall ii. 12 Indefatigable in his requisitions for the proximity of his vinous Achates. 1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire V. xlii. 17 The legatus was compelled to send his son to Rome as the bearer of these requisitions. b. A requirement, a necessary condition. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun] > terms of agreement > a condition or stipulation mannerc1400 covenantc1440 conditionala1533 authorament1607 requisition1620 postulatum1639 thingum1649 qualification1660 ultimatum1733 requirement1737 term1746 stipulation1750 contingency1818 precondition1825 chapter1864 1620 J. Ford Line of Life 52 He..that like a blaze vpon a Mountain, stands neerest in grace to his Prince: or like a vigilant Sentinell in a Watch-tower, busies and weakens his owne naturall and vitall spirits, to administer Equalitie and Iustice to all, according to the requisition of his office. 1641 W. Montagu Coppy of Let. 2 The controversies of doctrine [were] intricate, and so many, as they required much time, and learning for their disquisition onely, and I found my self unprovided of both those Requisitions. 1768 Polit. Reg. Sept. 132 When it [sc. the government of Virginia] was given him, it was considered as a sinecure, without any requisition of residence. 1797 Crit. Rev. May 30 Among taxes partaking of the nature of free-gifts, may also be reckoned the requisition for the rich to exhibit, at their own expense, theatrical entertainments. 1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. vii. 271 How gloriously does the christian atonement meet this requisition. 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe II. viii. 498 It would be..a great mistake to imagine that the requisitions for academical degrees were ever much insisted on. 1856 J. F. Ferrier Inst. Metaphysic (ed. 2) Introd. 7 It is to be accounted for..by that neglect of the chief requisition of philosophy which has been already pointed out. 2. a. Originally Scots Law. The action or an act of formally requiring a person to carry out an action, fulfil an obligation, pay a debt, etc.; a written demand of this nature. Formerly also: †the fact of being held to a duty in this way (obsolete).Occasionally spec. †a formal demand by notarial instrument that a wadsetter appear and accept repayment of a sum due under a wadset (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > demand > requiring person to do something requisition1498 summons1595 1498 in G. Neilson & H. Paton Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1918) II. 106 And..the sade Jhone being requirit, as sade is, that requisicione, wrang or falt being made be the sade Jhone..and being previt before ane competent jug..[he] oblisis him til pay [etc.]. 1553 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. I. 149 Quhairof as yit thair can be na redress had for na requisitioun that the Wardane of Scotland can mak. 1553 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. II. 192 Alexander..requirit and desyrit him to entir the said maister Thomas to the said Alexander within sex dayis efter his requisitioun. 1559–60 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. 11 525 For..scho was oft tymes in vehement seiknes..quhen dew requisitioun couth nocht be maid. 1611 in J. M. Thomson Inventory Documents Scrymgeour Family Estates (1912) 47 Procuratorie of requisitioun..to requyre the laird of Erlishall to ressave iij^c merkis for redemptioun of the..landis of Kowbaikie. a1648 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII (1649) 127 If either of the two, recover from France places belonging to the other, he shall, upon requisition, restore them, within a moneth. 1656 in J. A. Clyde Hope's Major Practicks (1937) I. 140 Ane woman heretrix might be oblidged to ane clause of requisition in ane contract of wodsett. 1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. i. xx. §22. 410 Requisition requires also the same solemnities that Premonition requires. 1714 W. Forbes Jrnl. Session 1705–13 176 A Clause of Requisition doth not suspend the Debtor's Obligation, or any ordinary Action for Payment. a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) I. ii. ii. §16. 175 Requisition used by a creditor upon a right of wadset. 1780 E. Burke Speech Bristol previous to Election 56 The reasons for taking away the penalties..and for refusing to establish them on the riotous requisition of 1780. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 855 In certain cases, requisition is necessary to put the debtor in mora; and then the proper way of proving requisition is by a notarial instrument. 1843 T. B. Macaulay Ld. Clive in Crit. & Hist. Ess. III. 179 According to the by-laws of the Company, there can be no ballot except on a requisition signed by nine proprietors. 1892 Daily News 5 Apr. 3/7 He stated that during his lesseeship of the Lyceum he had spent 45,000l. on the house..some of this voluntarily and some under ‘requisitions’. 1915 A. Conan Doyle Valley of Fear i. ii. 32 Official requisition for your services is in separate envelope. 1972 Bulletin (Sydney) 1 Apr. 43/1 My sympathies go to anyone who signed the requisition calling for the overthrow of that absurdly romanticised bully Governor Bligh on Anniversary Day 1808. 1993 R. Walker Commerc. Leases (BNC) 24 The Tenant..shall not require any evidence of or raise any objection requisition or enquiry in respect of the Landlord's title. b. Law. In full requisition on (also of) title. A demand made by the purchaser of a property to the vendor for an official search or for information relating to the title. Frequently in plural. ΚΠ 1846 W. Hughes Pract. of Sales Real Prop. I. iv. 243 Requisitions [Index has requisitions of title] like those I have just alluded to are generally inserted in the margin. 1881 N. Wales Chron. 16 Apr. 7/4 We cannot possibly expect a pawnbroker to..institute for every gold watch and every dozen of teaspoons hypothecated to him what conveyancers term a ‘requisition of title’. 1955 Mod. Law Rev. 18 404 The bank could not without making a requisition of title reminiscent of that occurring on a conveyance of real property have discovered the plaintiff's immediate right to this. 1991 R. M. Coates Moeran's Pract. Conveyancing (ed. 12) 83 It is very important to be able to read through an unregistered title and spot any errors that should form the subject-matter of requisitions on title. 3. The state or condition of being called or pressed into service or use. a. to put (also place, call, etc.) in (or into) requisition: to put (something) into use; to press (a person) into service. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (transitive)] > by (public) authority > for public service > release from > esp. military to put (also place, call, etc.) in (or into) requisitiona1637 requisition1837 commandeer1881 the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > demand calla1300 yeiec1320 to ask account?c1450 to call for ——1479 demand1484 inquirea1513 expostulate1548 advocatea1575 to stand upon ——1577 postulate1605 to stand on ——1606 bespeak1677 to put (also place, call, etc.) in (or into) requisition1831 requisition1874 society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > demand bid971 ofgoOE askOE cravec1025 to call after ——?a1300 requirea1382 callc1430 protest1459 to call for ——1479 demand1489 speer1493 command1576 to put (also place, call, etc.) in (or into) requisition1831 requisition1874 a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub iii. i, in Wks. (1640) III Wee good Vree-holders cannot live in quiet, But every houre new purcepts, Huy's and Cry's , Put us to requisitions night and day. View more context for this quotation 1796 C. Smith Marchmont IV. 56 His eldest son..having been put in requisition: he was himself, he said, too old for a soldier. 1815 H. M. Williams Narr. Events France xi. 244 As the carriages arrived near the bridge, they were immediately put in requisition [to transport the wounded]. 1831 W. Godwin Thoughts Man 84 When the first novelty of his pieces was gone, they were seldom called into requisition. 1877 W. E. Gladstone in 19th Cent. Nov. 549 The old terrors, the old bugbears, were at once put in requisition. 1900 Davenport (Iowa) Daily Leader 21 Nov. 8/2 20 tables were placed in requisition. 1934 S. J. Cash Prospecting for Gold 9 There was an improvement in the method..when someone brought the loam-bag into requisition. 2007 Times 8 Nov. 80 The task of preserving order..will call into requisition not only the utmost exertions of the police, but the good feeling of the masses and their sense of decorum. b. to be in requisition: to be in use. Frequently with modifying adjective, as constant, frequent, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > be in use or called into use [verb (intransitive)] to be in requisition1795 1795 tr. Report in Coll. State Papers War against France II. 243 The raw articles of every description, not necessary for the army or navy, which may be found in the magazines of the Republic, or which are in requisition on its account, shall immediately be put up to public sale. 1799 W. G. Browne Trav. Afr. xxi. 341 No part of the materia medica is so much in requisition as those which stimulate to animal pleasure. 1802 Port Folio 30 Oct. 341/3 The whole host of taylors, mantua-makers, and milliners, have been for a month in requisition. 1817 W. Beloe Sexagenarian I. 333 The guillotine was (to use their abominable jargon) in constant requisition. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. i. iii. 20 That duty done, once more the straw hat and Sultan were in requisition. 1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities iii. v. 188 He and his book were in frequent requisition as to property confiscated and made national. 1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker ix. 142 The new coat was unbuttoned and all flying open: the new silk handkerchief in busy requisition. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 268/1 The balloon corps was in constant requisition during the campaign. 1954 PMLA 69 358 And both democratic respectability and Truth, in these anti-intellectualist days, appear most desperately in requisition. 2001 O. Prakash Encycl. Hist. Indian Freedom Movement i. 23 Cornwallis returned to England, only to find that his services were again in requisition by the Government. 4. Chiefly Military. a. A conscription of people into military service; the action of calling up or calling on troops for a particular purpose. Also in extended use. ΚΠ 1749 W. Biggs Mil. Hist. Europe 385 A Requisition was immediately made of the Dutch Auxiliaries, and some British Troops were remanded from Flanders. 1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. I. 171 A requisition was made of the six thousand auxiliaries, which the States General were..obliged to furnish. 1829 T. F. Gordon Hist. Pennsylvania xv. 349 He concluded this reprimand with a requisition of additional troops from New England, New York, and New Jersey. 1895 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Nov. 1/3 Here we see requisition for men made on battalions not in the First Army Corps at all. 1946 Times 19 Jan. 4/6 M. Hertzog submitted that requisitions of civilian labour and employment of prisoners of war were in violation of the conventions of The Hague and Geneva. 2005 A. Johansen Soldiers as Police x. 262 In cases of requisition of troops, soldiers had to be mobilised from the neighbouring district of Düsseldorf. b. Appropriation of goods or equipment, esp. for military purposes; an order for a town, district, etc., to provide a military force with supplies. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > seizing > [noun] > by (public) authority > for public service purveyance1423 purveying1442 imprest1610 impressure1680 impressment1796 requisitionc1806 press1855 commandeering1894 society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > [noun] > provision or procurement of supplies > requisitioning requisitionc1806 conscription1820 c1806 R. Wilson Cape of Good Hope in Life Gen. Sir R. Wilson (1862) I. App. ix. 391 The cavalry was mounted by requisition on the best horses of the country. 1897 Cavalry Tactics xxii. 141 When the inhabitants are hostile, and refuse to comply with the requisition, an intimation that..they will be taken by force, usually has the desired effect. 1939 Times 22 Sept. 10/5 The liability..on the requisitioning authority to make good any damage to the vehicle which may occur during the period of the requisition. 1991 Nat. Jrnl. (Nexis) 27 Apr. 988 Ships owned by Americans could still be subject to military requisition in wartime. 5. The action of imposing a levy or a demand for financial contributions from a state, organization, etc.; an order for such a supply of funds. ΚΠ 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. iv. vii. 227 It has been proposed..that the colonies should be taxed by requisition . View more context for this quotation 1796 Ann. 4th Congr. 2 Sess. 2699 The system of requisitions upon the States..utterly failed under the late Confederation. 1831 J. V. L. McMahon Hist. View Govt. Maryland I. ii. iii. 265 The Assembly represented the province as utterly unable to meet the requisition. 1860 T. D. Woolsey Introd. Internat. Law §129 After the battle of Jena..the requisition upon humbled Prussia was more than a hundred millions of francs. 1935 Univ. Toronto Law Jrnl. 1 190 The duty incumbent upon the municipal council to comply with the requisition of the school board. 1999 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) (Nexis) 24 Apr. 2 Councils which received requisitions from joint boards or committees had to pay them without any discussion whatsoever. 6. A formal request to take or purchase something; the action of making such a request. Also: an act of taking something required. ΚΠ 1827 Afr. Repository & Colonial Jrnl. Oct. 240 I have made a requisition on the Navy Department, for 50,000 cyprus, juniper, or yellow pine Shingles. 1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) 338/1 Supplies are now..stored in magazines in rear of an army, and a requisition is made on them for the daily wants of the troops. 1935 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail 9 Jan. 3/2 To establish the pre-auditing of requisitions made under quarterly budget allotments, for the purpose of controlling state expenditures. 1945 Amer. Speech 20 227/1 From the time a requisition leaves a depot until the requested supplies arrive there. 1992 Sunday Times of India 9 Aug. (Review section) 2/8 I needed black-and-white copies of nine miniatures and, on my requisition, the V&A sent me a proforma bill for £193. Compounds attributive. C1. With the sense ‘that has been requisitioned’, as requisition horse, requisition man. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [adjective] requisitory1447 petitional?1525 petitionary1579 requisitorial1716 requisition1794 petitive1923 1794 Thoughts on Present Posture of Affairs 14 From the particular circumstances attending the formation of those armies, it would be more safe and practicable to disband them.., as the greater part consists in requisition men. 1801 Port Folio 26 Sept. 306/1 The requisition men are there driven to the armies with their hands tied behind them. 1806 R. Wilson Jrnl. 11 Feb. in Life Gen. Sir R. Wilson (1862) I. v. 307 I..have been on several committees to fix the price of requisition horses. 1894 Littell's Living Age 16 June 649/2 This traveller, who was clearly designed by nature for a soldier, got hold of four requisition horses. C2. With the sense ‘that officially records a requisition’, as requisition form, requisition note, requisition notice, requisition paper, requisition slip. ΚΠ 1811 H. Taylor Memoirs 181 The light will be placed when the signatures of the shipowners and merchants are procured, and the requisition paper returned to them. 1817 Amer. Reg. I. 378/1 An order in council of the 13th June following has authorised the commutation of these cents for requisition-notes. 1847 Times 8 Jan. 2/3 The requisition forms can be obtained by application at the Company's offices. 1849 Bankers' Mag. June 320 No draft or letter of credit should be signed by the manager until countersigned by the accountant, and compared with the requisition-slip. 1911 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 23 Apr. 1/7 Burns said he would start tonight for Los Angeles..Governor Marshall having honored requisition papers. 1916 G. Frankau Poet. Wks. (1923) I. 226 A faked requisition note. 1938 L. Bemelmans Life Class iii. ii. 221 A stack of requisition slips, for the carpentry department, for the painters,..for the printer. 1974 P. Gore-Booth With Great Truth & Respect 150 We..were alarmed by the appearance of requisition notices on the doors of adjoining houses. 1992 R. Harris Fatherland ii. 94 She licked her pencil and entered the twelve digits of March's service number on to the requisition form. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). requisitionv. Brit. /ˌrɛkwᵻˈzɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌrɛkwəˈzɪʃ(ə)n/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: requisition n. Etymology: < requisition n. Compare French réquisitionner to require to be supplied or lent for military purposes (1796), to call upon or call in (a person) for a particular purpose (1883). 1. a. transitive. To call upon or call in (a person) for a particular purpose. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > summon lathec900 hightOE clepec1000 ofclepeOE ofsendOE warna1250 callc1300 summonc1300 incalla1340 upcallc1340 summonda1400 becallc1400 ofgredec1400 require1418 assummonc1450 accitec1475 provoke1477 convey1483 mand1483 whistle1486 vocatec1494 wishc1515 to call up1530 citea1533 convent1540 convocate1542 prorogate1543 accersit1548 whistle for1560 advocatea1575 citate1581 evocate1639 demand1650 to warn in1654 summons1694 invoke1697 to send for1744 to turn up1752 requisition1800 whip1857 1800 Ld. Castlereagh Let. 22 Apr. in W. Beresford Corr. J. Beresford (1854) II. 247 Lord Downshire is here: he has requisitioned the sheriff, which has been refused. 1877 Times 27 Dec. 8/3 The ex-Lord Mayor of London has again been requisitioned [to play in a pantomime]. 1887 Times (Weekly ed.) 14 Oct. 7/4 The military had to be requisitioned. 1921 E. K. Broadus Laureateship vii. 103 The ‘King's Band of Music’ and the Chapel Royal were requisitioned to furnish their New Year and Birthday celebrations every year. 2000 S. Broughton et al. World Music: Rough Guide II. i. 96/2 Troupes of Manganiyar musicians can be requisitioned to play for camel safaris and barbecues in the desert. b. transitive. To take over the use of; to press (a thing) into service. Occasionally (chiefly humorous): to steal, to make unauthorized use of. Also: to take advantage of, make demands on. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or make use of [verb (transitive)] > press into service impress1657 enlist1699 to draw upon ——1800 requisition1871 to press into service1926 1871 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Daily Sentinel 1 Apr. ‘Requisitioned’ is what they call it in Indianapolis when a man steals a horse or anything. 1873 Times 3 June 7/1 Every available spot from which the jumping could be seen was made use of, boxes, buckets, and even rakes and brooms being requisitioned as stand-points. 1879 W. Black Macleod of Dare xxxiii And so the hospitalities of the little inn were requisitioned to the utmost. 1927 A. Conan Doyle Case-bk. Sherlock Holmes 64 I had requisitioned the carriage for the day. 1961 W. Brandon Indians 310/2 A few roistering Smackshop Chilluckittequaws requisitioned an ox. 2002 N. Lebrecht Song of Names v. 104 She had requisitioned a church hall and taken charge of rehousing and relief. c. transitive. To make a requisition for, formally request to have (something). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > demand calla1300 yeiec1320 to ask account?c1450 to call for ——1479 demand1484 inquirea1513 expostulate1548 advocatea1575 to stand upon ——1577 postulate1605 to stand on ——1606 bespeak1677 to put (also place, call, etc.) in (or into) requisition1831 requisition1874 society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > demand bid971 ofgoOE askOE cravec1025 to call after ——?a1300 requirea1382 callc1430 protest1459 to call for ——1479 demand1489 speer1493 command1576 to put (also place, call, etc.) in (or into) requisition1831 requisition1874 1874 F. C. Burnand My Time xiv. 113 Everything necessary for his departure..had to be requisitioned hastily. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Oct. 11/1 May I requisition your fairness to a political opponent to be allowed to point out [etc.]. 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 Aug. 3/3 He gets a weekly list of all new publications, and requisitions what he thinks he will be able to sell. 1943 Sci. & Mech. Spring 33/1 The stored steel is requisitioned by materials expediters in accord with their detailed construction schedules, and brought by crane to the plate shop. 1972 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 22 Aug. 8/4 Orders to show cause and all other filed papers required in the consideration of a motion must be requisitioned from the County Clerk at least two days prior to the date of the argument. 1992 Accountancy (BNC) 92 Whether disclosure is required if the Calcutta office bills the US parent direct will depend on who requisitions the work. d. transitive. spec. Of the members of an organization or other body: to call formally for (a meeting). ΚΠ 1884 Med. Rec. 21 June 707/2 They requisitioned a general meeting in London. 1905 Times 4 Nov. 14/2 It was thought worth while to requisition a meeting to consider the scheme put forward. 1975 Economist (Nexis) 3 May 37 The 15 antimarketeers on the NEC..had requisitioned a special executive meeting from the platform. 1996 Ann. Rep. Gen. Council of Bar 1995 4/1 In March the threshold figures for calling for a ballot or for requisitioning an extraordinary meeting were increased to reflect the increase in the size of the practising Bar. 2. Military. a. transitive. To require (a thing or person) to be supplied or lent for military purposes; to demand the use or labour of; to acquire by requisition. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > practise logistics [verb (transitive)] > provision > requisition requisition1837 commandeer1881 the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (transitive)] > by (public) authority > for public service > release from > esp. military to put (also place, call, etc.) in (or into) requisitiona1637 requisition1837 commandeer1881 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. i. viii. 85 Such hundredfold miscellany of teams, requisitioned or lawfully owned, making way,..rolled here to right and to left. 1870 Daily News 8 Dec. The Government authorised the prefects and sous-prefects to requisition such horses as might be needed. 1881 G. A. Henty Cornet of Horse (1888) viii. 74 A considerable portion of the allied army were quartered..in large convents requisitioned for the purpose. 1900 Times 26 Jan. 4/4 None of these funds appear to be available for relief of the Zulus, although many of them have been requisitioned as wagon-drivers. 1961 B. Fergusson Watery Maze vi. 123 Merchant ships with Merchant Navy crews, requisitioned for Admiralty service. 2000 T. Clancy Bear & Dragon liv. 855 The 201st had requisitioned every tanker truck its officers could locate. †b. transitive. To make demands for supplies on (a place). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (transitive)] > by (public) authority > for public service > release from > impose requisition upon requisition1861 1861 N. Amer. Rev. Aug. 153 Thence she hastened to Oban, where she remained during the night of the 3d, in which she requisitioned the town and captured a one-gun battery and several more steamers. 1870 Daily News 14 Dec. The French Army of the North, after permitting Amiens and Rouen to be..requisitioned by the enemy [etc.]. 1897 Cavalry Tactics xxii. 141 When it is intended to requisition a village or town, all the outlets should be guarded. Derivatives ˌrequiˈsitioned adj. ΚΠ 1871 Times 22 June 10/1 A Prussian Uhlan, on horseback, handing a requisitioned bottle of champagne to a Saxon trooper. 1900 N.Y. Times 27 June 4/1 Large quantities of bar gold received by merchants in the western part of the Transvaal,..ostensibly in payment of requisitioned goods, have been seized by the British. 1978 O. White Silent Reach ix. 99 Diagulski was sitting at the end of the requisitioned kitchen table. 2008 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 31 May (Features section) 14 RAF personnel lived in requisitioned houses in Hughenden Terrace. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1450v.1800
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