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Conscript and Require

noun

verb

  • Enroll into service compulsorily.
    • usage: "The men were conscripted"

verb

  • Require as useful, just, or proper.
    • usage: "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"
  • Consider obligatory; request and expect.
    • usage: "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons"
  • Make someone do something.
  • Have need of.
    • usage: "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"