Definition of necessary

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Necessary (n.) 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..

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Necessariness :: Necessariness (n.) The quality of being necessary.
Essential :: Essential (a.) Important in the highest degree; indispensable to the attainment of an object; indispensably necessary.
Receiver :: Receiver (n.) A person appointed, ordinarily by a court, to receive, and hold in trust, money or other property which is the subject of litigation, pending the suit; a person appointed to take charge of the estate and effects of a corporation, and to do other acts necessary to winding up its affairs, in certain cases..
Necessity :: Necessity (n.) The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite; inevitableness; indispensableness..
Demand :: Demand (v. t.) To require as necessary or useful; to be in urgent need of; hence, to call for; as, the case demands care..
Article :: Article (n.) A particular one of various things; as, an article of merchandise; salt is a necessary article..
Prepare :: Prepare (v. i.) To make one's self ready; to get ready; to take the necessary previous measures; as, to prepare for death..
Calender :: Calender (n.) A machine, used for the purpose of giving cloth, paper, etc., a smooth, even, and glossy or glazed surface, by cold or hot pressure, or for watering them and giving them a wavy appearance. It consists of two or more cylinders revolving nearly in contact, with the necessary apparatus for moving and regulating..
Fussy :: Fussy (superl) Making a fuss; disposed to make an unnecessary ado about trifles; overnice; fidgety.
Mean :: Mean (n.) That through which, or by the help of which, an end is attained; something tending to an object desired; intermediate agency or measure; necessary condition or coagent; instrument..
Lifeblood :: Lifeblood (n.) The blood necessary to life; vital blood.
Unavoidable :: Unavoidable (a.) Not avoidable; incapable of being shunned or prevented; inevitable; necessary; as, unavoidable troubles..
Supernumeraries :: Supernumerary (a.) Exceeding a necessary, usual, or required number or quality; superfluous; as, supernumerary addresses; supernumerary expense..
Necessitude :: Necessitude (n.) Necessary connection or relation.
Pleonasm :: Pleonasm (n.) Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; as, I saw it with my own eyes..
Truck :: Truck (v. i.) A swiveling carriage, consisting of a frame with one or more pairs of wheels and the necessary boxes, springs, etc., to carry and guide one end of a locomotive or a car; -- sometimes called bogie in England. Trucks usually have four or six wheels..
Reconnaissance :: Reconnaissance (n.) An examination of a territory, or of an enemy's position, for the purpose of obtaining information necessary for directing military operations; a preparatory expedition..
Supersede :: Supersede (v. t.) To make void, inefficacious, or useless, by superior power, or by coming in the place of; to set aside; to render unnecessary; to suspend; to stay..
Expletive :: Expletive (n.) A word, letter, or syllable not necessary to the sense, but inserted to fill a vacancy; an oath..
Depend :: Depend (v. i.) To rely for support; to be conditioned or contingent; to be connected with anything, as a cause of existence, or as a necessary condition; -- followed by on or upon, formerly by of..
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