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English Dictionary: Necessary	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
necessary adj absolutely essential Antonym(s): unnecessary, unneeded unavoidably determined by prior circumstances; "the necessary consequences of one's actions" n anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained" Synonym(s): necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary Antonym(s): inessential, nonessential
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Necessary \Nec"essary\, 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]:
Necessary \Nec"essary\, 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.