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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1330|origins=la quaerō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /rɪˈkwest/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|requeste]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) [[bor|fro|requeste|t=a request]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[la-vul|*requaesita]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) replacing [[la|requīsīta|t=a thing asked for]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) the feminine of [[m|la|requīsītus|t=asked, demanded]], past participle of [[m|la|requīrere|t=to seek, ask for]].^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) The verb is from the noun, probably influenced by Middle French requester.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) It is related to [[require]] and [[requisite]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The act of asking, as in ''at one's request'': about 1330 in the OED,^(OED 1989) before 1338 in Mannyng's ''Chronicle'' in Barnhart,^(Barnhart 1988) and the mid-14th century in Etymonline.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ “That which one asks for” is from the late 14th century.^(Etymonline) The verb, “to ask someone to do something”, is from 1533,^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) and “to ask for, ask to be allowed” from the 1560s.^(Etymonline) The older verb in this sense was [[require]], whose original meaning ''request'' took over.^(Etymonline) ''In request'' means “in demand”.^(Collins 2023) In the 15th century a ''request'' could also be a knightly quest.^(OED 1989) A request for a song on the radio, often with a message, is from 1928.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1330 – the act of asking.^(OED 1989)

+ * late 14th century – a thing asked for.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1470–85 – a knightly quest (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1533 – verb, to ask someone to do something.^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1560s – verb, to ask for.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1928 – a song requested on the radio.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of asking politely for something.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # Something asked for.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # A piece of music asked to be played, as on the radio.^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To ask for politely or formally.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # To ask someone to do something.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[requester]]

+ * [[unrequested]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[require]]

+ * [[requirement]]

+ * [[requisite]]

+ * [[quest]]

+ * [[query]]

+ * [[inquest]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}