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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Necessary \Nec"es*sa*ry\, a. [L. necessarius, from necesse unavoidable, necessary; of uncertain origin: cf F. n['e]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. ``'T is necessary he should die.'' --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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: necessary adj 1: absolutely essential [ant: {unnecessary}] 2: 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" [syn: {necessity}, {essential}, {requirement}, {requisite}] [ant: {inessential}]
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