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REQUESTED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Asked for
Example:
the requested aid is forthcoming
Classified under:
Antonym:
unrequested (not requested)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb request
Context examples:
In spite of this amendment, however, she requested to have a note sent to Longbourn, desiring her mother to visit Jane, and form her own judgement of her situation.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Known to have some influence with her sister, she was continually requested, or at least receiving hints to exert it, beyond what was practicable.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
She was answered by having a small trinket-box placed before her, and being requested to chuse from among several gold chains and necklaces.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Gentlemen, cried Jackson, again, I am requested to inform you that Sir Charles Tregellis’s nominee is Jack Harrison, fighting at thirteen-eight, and Sir Lothian Hume’s is Crab Wilson, at thirteen-three.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Upon the reading of this letter, I made sure my colleague was insane; but till that was proved beyond the possibility of doubt, I felt bound to do as he requested.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
It reflects requested budget for the first 12-month period and the summary budget for the entire proposed budget period.
(Consolidated Budget Request, NCI Thesaurus)
Postmarketing (Phase 4) studies to delineate additional information about the drug's risks, benefits, and optimal use that may be requested by regulatory authorities in conjunction with marketing approval.
(phase IV trial, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
John was requested to order home a dozen or so of little pots and an extra quantity of sugar, for their own currants were ripe and were to be attended to at once.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
With regard to each of the listed activities, respondents are requested to indicate if (1) they are currently able to perform the activity (unassisted), (2) they have stopped performing the activity, or (3) they have never performed the activity. (from J Rehabil Res Dev. 41(4): 621-630)
(Human Activity Profile Test, NCI Thesaurus)
I requested likewise, that the secret of my having a false covering to my body, might be known to none but himself, at least as long as my present clothing should last; for as to what the sorrel nag, his valet, had observed, his honour might command him to conceal it.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
