requisition
verb/ˌrekwɪˈzɪʃn/
/ˌrekwɪˈzɪʃn/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they requisition | /ˌrekwɪˈzɪʃn/ /ˌrekwɪˈzɪʃn/ |
| he / she / it requisitions | /ˌrekwɪˈzɪʃnz/ /ˌrekwɪˈzɪʃnz/ |
| past simple requisitioned | /ˌrekwɪˈzɪʃnd/ /ˌrekwɪˈzɪʃnd/ |
| past participle requisitioned | /ˌrekwɪˈzɪʃnd/ /ˌrekwɪˈzɪʃnd/ |
| -ing form requisitioning | /ˌrekwɪˈzɪʃənɪŋ/ /ˌrekwɪˈzɪʃənɪŋ/ |
- requisition something to officially demand the use of a building, vehicle, etc., especially during a war or an emergency
- The school was requisitioned as a military hospital.
- The government could not afford to pay for all the grain that it had requisitioned from farmers.
Word Originlate Middle English (as a noun in the sense ‘request, demand’): from Old French, or from Latin requisitio(n-), from requirere ‘search for’, from re- (expressing intensive force) + quaerere ‘seek’. The verb dates from the mid 19th cent.
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