demagogue

[Gr. demagogos, from dēmos = the people, and agōgos =leading; ago to lead; Fr. démagogue. "Bo uet (d. 1704) first introduced the word into French." (Trench: English Past and Present, Lect. iii.)] (3) To question, to interrogate authoritatively. "Demand me nothing."- Shakesp .: Othello , v. 2. ing. "Why demand you this?" --Shakesp.: Love's Labor's Lost, v. 2. 2. Fig .: To call for, require, or nece itate. prophecy demands A longer respite, unaccomplished yet." Cowper: Task, ii. 66, 67. 2. To ask, to inquire. demarch 2. The asking of a price for goods on sale, or for work done. 3. That which is demanded; a claim. 4. An earnest or peremptory question or inquiry. "The good Anchises raised him with his hand, Who, thus encouraged, answered our demand." Dryden: Virgil's Æneid, ili. 802, 803. 5. A question, a problem, a query. "Problems and demaundes eke Gower, i. 146. (1) (See extract.) and ought to be given; we require that which we wish and expect to have done. A demand is more positive than a requisition ; the former admits of no question; the latter is liable to be both ques- tioned and refused: the creditor makes a demand on the debtor; the master requires a certain por- tion of duty from his servant: it is unjust to demand of a person what he has no right to give; it is unreasonable to require of him what it is not in his power to do. A thing is commonly demanded in expre words; it is required by implication: a per- son demands admittance when it is not voluntarily granted; he requires respectful deportment from those who are subordinate to him. In the figura- tive application the same sense is preserved: things of urgency and moment demand immediate atten- tion; difficult matters require a steady attention." (Crabb: Eng. Synon.) de-mand', *de-mande, *de-maunde, s . [French demande ; Sp. & Port. demand a ; Ital. dim and a.]