See Also: misbehave(dictionary)
misbehave(dictionary)
request(1)(dictionary)
request(2)(dictionary)
REQUEST NOTES, Eng(law)
LETTERS OF REQUEST, Eng(law)
request 2, verb(dictionary)
request 1, noun(dictionary)
Acceleration Request(money)
Appropriation request(finance)

request(2) (iou) and misbehave (iou)


request(2) (iou)



request verb trans. LME.
[from the noun, or from Old French requester.]
Ask to be favoured with or given (a thing), ask for; express a wish or desire that, to do; ask to be allowed to do; ask (a person) to do something.
W. Golding The captain requests..your company at dinner. N. F. Dixon Drivers were requested to stop. A. Brookner Requesting Martine's permission and receiving it.
requester noun M16.

misbehave (iou)



misbehave verb intrans. & (now rare) refl. L15.
[from MIS-1 1 + BEHAVE.]
Behave badly; conduct oneself improperly. L15.
M. Warnock Having misbehaved, I was shut in the night nursery as a punishment.
Of a machine etc.: fail to function correctly. M19.
misbehaviour noun L15.