Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RE-QUEST', v.t. [Fr. requêter.]

1. To ask; to solicit; to express desire for. The weight of the golden ear-rings which he requested, was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold. – Judges viii.
2. To express desire to; to ask. We requested a friend to accompany us. Court of requests, in England, a court of equity for the relief of such persons as addressed His Majesty by supplication; abolished by Stat. 16 and 17 Car. I. – Encyc. #2. A court of conscience for the recovery of small debts, held by two aldermen and four commoners, who try causes by the oath of parties and of other witnesses. – Blackstone.