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English Dictionary: must	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
must adj highly recommended; "a book that is must reading" n a necessary or essential thing; "seat belts are an absolute must" grape juice before or during fermentation the quality of smelling or tasting old or stale or mouldy Synonym(s): mustiness, must, moldiness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Must \Must\, n. [AS. must, fr. L. mustum (sc. vinum), from mustus young, new, fresh. Cf. {Mustard}.] 1. The expressed juice of the grape, or other fruit, before fermentation. [bd]These men ben full of must.[b8] --Wyclif (Acts ii. 13. ). No fermenting must fills . . . the deep vats. --Longfellow. 2. [Cf. {Musty}.] Mustiness.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Must \Must\ (m[ucr]st), v. i. [or] auxiliary. [OE. moste, a pret. generally meaning, could, was free to, pres. mot, moot, AS. m[d3]ste, pret. m[d3]t, pres.; akin to D. moetan to be obliged, OS. m[d3]tan to be free, to be obliged, OHG. muozan, G. m[81]ssen to be obliged, Sw. m[86]ste must, Goth. gam[d3]tan to have place, have room, to able; of unknown origin.] 1. To be obliged; to be necessitated; -- expressing either physical or moral necessity; as, a man must eat for nourishment; we must submit to the laws. 2. To be morally required; to be necessary or essential to a certain quality, character, end, or result; as, he must reconsider the matter; he must have been insane. Likewise must the deacons be grave. --1 Tim. iii. 8. Morover, he [a bishop] must have a good report of them which are without. --1 Tim. iii. 7. Note: The principal verb, if easily supplied by the mind, was formerly often omitted when must was used; as, I must away. [bd]I must to Coventry.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Must \Must\, v. t. & i. To make musty; to become musty.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Must \Must\ (m[ucr]st), n. [Hind. mast intoxicated, ruttish, fr. Skr. matta, p.p. of mad to rejoice, intoxicate.] (Zo[94]l.) Being in a condition of dangerous frenzy, usually connected with sexual excitement; -- said of adult male elephants which become so at irregular intervals. -- n. (a) The condition of frenzy. (b) An elephant in must.