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Webster 1913 Edition
Demand
De-mand′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Demanded
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Demanding
.] 1.
To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily;
as, to
demand
a debt; to demand
obedience.This, in our foresaid holy father's name,
Pope Innocent, I do
Pope Innocent, I do
demand
of thee. Shakespeare
2.
To inquire authoritatively or earnestly; to ask, esp. in a peremptory manner; to question.
I did
demand
what news from Shrewsbury. Shakespeare
3.
To require as necessary or useful; to be in urgent need of; hence, to call for;
as, the case
. demands
care4.
(Law)
To call into court; to summon.
Burrill.
De-mand′
,Verb.
I.
To make a demand; to inquire.
The soldiers likewise
demanded
of him, saying, And what shall we do? Luke iii. 14.
1.
The act of demanding; an asking with authority; a peremptory urging of a claim; a claiming or challenging as due; requisition;
as, the
demand
of a creditor; a note payable on demand
.The
demand
[is] by the word of the holy ones. Dan. iv. 17.
He that has confidence to turn his wishes into
demands
will be but a little way from thinking he ought to obtain them. Locke.
2.
Earnest inquiry; question; query.
Shak.
3.
A diligent seeking or search; manifested want; desire to possess; request;
as, a
demand
for certain goods; a person's company is in great demand
.In 1678 came forth a second edition [Pilgrim's Progress] with additions; and then the
demand
became immense. Macaulay.
4.
That which one demands or has a right to demand; thing claimed as due; claim;
as,
. demands
on an estate5.
(Law)
(a)
The asking or seeking for what is due or claimed as due.
(b)
The right or title in virtue of which anything may be claimed;
as, to hold a
. demand
against a person(c)
A thing or amount claimed to be due.
In demand
, in request; being much sought after.
– On demand
, upon presentation and request of payment.
Webster 1828 Edition
Demand
DEMAND
,Verb.
T.
1.
To ask or call for, as one who has a claim or right to receive what is sought; to claim or seek as due by right. The creditor demands principal and interest of his debt. Here the claim is derived from law or justice.2.
To ask by authority; to require; to seek or claim an answer by virtue of a right or supposed right in the interrogator, derived from his office, station, power or authority.The officers of the children of Israel-were beaten, and demanded, wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick. Ex. 5.
3.
To require as necessary or useful; as, the execution of this work demands great industry and care.4.
To ask; to question; to inquire.The soldiers also demanded of him, saying, what shall we do? Luke 3.
5.
To ask or require, as a seller of goods; as, what price do you demand?6.
To sue for; to seek to obtain by legal process; as, the plaintiff, in his action, demands unreasonable damages.In French, demander generally signifies simply to ask, request, or petition, when the answer or thing asked for, is a matter of grace or courtesy. But in English, demand is now seldom used in that sense, and rarely indeed can the French demander be rendered correctly in English by demand, except in the case of the seller of goods, who demands, [asks, requires,] a certain price for his wares. The common expression, a king sent to demand another kings daughter in marriage, is improper.