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De - Pt| English Dictionary: 'Necessary | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Necessary \Nec"es*sa*ry\, a. [L. necessarius, from necesse unavoidable, necessary; of uncertain origin: cf. F. n[82]cessaire.] 1. Such as must be; impossible to be otherwise; not to be avoided; inevitable. Death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come. --Shak. 2. Impossible to be otherwise, or to be dispensed with, without preventing the attainment of a desired result; indispensable; requiste; essential. [bd]'T is necessary he should die.[b8] --Shak. A certain kind of temper is necessary to the pleasure and quiet of our minds. --Tillotson. 3. Acting from necessity or compulsion; involuntary; -- opposed to {free}; as, whether man is a necessary or a free agent is a question much discussed. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Necessary \Nec"es*sa*ry\, n.; pl. {Necessaries}. 1. A thing that is necessary or indispensable to some purpose; something that one can not do without; a requisite; an essential; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the necessaries of life. 2. A privy; a water-closet. 3. pl. (Law) Such things, in respect to infants, lunatics, and married women, as are requisite for support suitable to station. | |
