Verb

(head)

(auxiliary)

If I should be late, go without me.

Should you need extra blankets, you will find them in the closet.

* 1922 , (Margery Williams), (The Velveteen Rabbit)

It was a long weary time, for the Boy was too ill to play, and the little Rabbit found it rather dull with nothing to do all day long. But he snuggled down patiently, and looked forward to the time when the Boy should be well again, and they would go out in the garden amongst the flowers and the butterflies and play splendid games in the raspberry thicket like they used to.

(auxiliary) Be obliged to; have an obligation to; ought to;

You should brush your teeth every day.

What do I think? What should I think?

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(auxiliary) Will likely (become or do something);

You should be warm enough with that coat.

(modern) A variant of would.

* 1817 , Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey?

I should like to dine with him. I dare say he gives famous dinners.

* 1900 , , (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)

"If our friends, the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman, were only with us," said the Lion, "I should be quite happy."

* 1900 , L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23

"Your Silver Shoes will carry you over the desert," replied Glinda. "If you had known their power you could have gone back to your Aunt Em the very first day you came to this country." "But then I should not have had my wonderful brains!" cried the Scarecrow. "I might have passed my whole life in the farmer's cornfield."

Verb

(head)

(require)

Verb

(requir)

(label) To ask (someone) for something; to request.

*, Bk.XI:

*:I requyre yow lete vs be sworne to gyders that neuer none of vs shalle after this day haue adoo with other, and there with alle syre Tristram and sire Lamorak sware that neuer none of hem shold fyghte ageynst other nor for wele, nor for woo.

*1526 , Bible , tr. William Tyndale, Mark V:

*:I requyre the in the name of god, that thou torment me nott.

To demand, to insist upon (having); to call for authoritatively.

*1998 , Joan Wolf, The Gamble , Warner Books:

*:"I am Miss Newbury," I announced, "and I require to be shown to my room immediately, if you please."

*2009 , Vikram Dodd, The Guardian , 29 December:

*:‘Regrettably, I have concluded, after considering the matter over Christmas, that I can no longer maintain the high standard of service I require of myself, meet the demands of office and cope with the pressures of public life, without my health deteriorating further.’

Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary.

*1972 , "Aid for Aching Heads", Time , 5 June:

*:Chronic pain is occasionally a sign of a very serious problem, like brain tumors, and can require surgery.

*2009 , Julian Borger, The Guardian , 7 February:

*:A weapon small enough to put on a missile would require uranium enriched to more than 90% U-235.

To demand of (someone) to do something.

*1970 , "Compulsory Midi", Time , 29 June:

*:After Aug 3 all salesgirls will be required to wear only one style of skirt while on duty: the midi.

*2007 , Allegra Stratton, "Smith to ban non-EU unskilled immigrants from working in UK", The Guardian , 5 December:

*:The government would like to require non-British fiances who wish to marry a British citizen to sit an English test.