Emily Dickinson Lexicon

demand (-ed, -eth, -s), v. [Fr. demander < L. dēmandāre, give in charge, entrust, commit.] (webplay: answer, children, generally, have, king, little, obtain, put, rendered, thing, who, work).

1. Propose; bespeak; negotiate; request formally; [fig.] choose; select; make a match of; ask the hand in marriage of.
2. Need; want; desire; request; solicit; [fig.] accept; receive.
3. Petition; call for; insist upon; ask for; (see Daniel 2:27).
4. Adjure; beseech; entreat; ask urgently; inquire earnestly; seek to know; (see 2 Samuel 11:7).
5. Expect; assign; delegate; impose; relegate.
6. Pray about; seek spiritual knowledge of; ask for a divine answer to.
7. Command; order; charge to provide; require by right; mandate by virtue of authority; (see Job 38:3).
8. Beg; importune persistently; implore repeatedly; childishly insist on having.