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Stern :: Stern (superl.) Having a certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed; unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as, a sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a stern decree..

Destiny :: Destiny (n.) The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; fate; a resistless power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in general or of an individual..

Necessity :: Necessity (n.) That which makes an act or an event unavoidable; irresistible force; overruling power; compulsion, physical or moral; fate; fatality..

Fatality :: Fatality (n.) The state of being fatal, or proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control..

Prodigal :: Prodigal (a.) Given to extravagant expenditure; expending money or other things without necessity; recklessly or viciously profuse; lavish; wasteful; not frugal or economical; as, a prodigal man; the prodigal son; prodigal giving; prodigal expenses..

Needly :: Needly (adv.) Necessarily; of necessity.

Shall :: Shall (v. i. & auxiliary.) As an auxiliary, shall indicates a duty or necessity whose obligation is derived from the person speaking; as, you shall go; he shall go; that is, I order or promise your going. It thus ordinarily expresses, in the second and third persons, a command, a threat, or a promise. If the auxillary be emphasized, the command is made more imperative, the promise or that more positive and sure. It is also employed in the language of prophecy; as, the day shall come when . .

Drive :: Drive (v. t.) To urge, impel, or hurry forward; to force; to constrain; to urge, press, or bring to a point or state; as, to drive a person by necessity, by persuasion, by force of circumstances, by argument, and the like..

Supererogative :: Supererogation (n.) The act of supererogating; performance of more than duty or necessity requires.

Jettison :: "Jettison (n.) The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck..

Superessential :: Supererogatory (a.) Performed to an extent not enjoined, or not required, by duty or necessity; as, supererogatory services..

Necessitarian :: Necessitarian (a.) Of or pertaining to the doctrine of philosophical necessity in regard to the origin and existence of things, especially as applied to the actings or choices of the will; -- opposed to libertarian..

Semi-pelagian :: Semi-Pelagian (n.) A follower of John Cassianus, a French monk (died about 448), who modified the doctrines of Pelagius, by denying human merit, and maintaining the necessity of the Spirit's influence, while, on the other hand, he rejected the Augustinian doctrines of election, the inability of man to do good, and the certain perseverance of the saints..

Necessity :: Necessity (n.) The condition of being needy or necessitous; pressing need; indigence; want.

Goad :: Goad (v. t.) A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates..

Mister :: Mister (n.) Need; necessity.

Urge :: Urge (v. t.) To present in an urgent manner; to press upon attention; to insist upon; as, to urge an argument; to urge the necessity of a case..

Extremity :: Extremity (n.) The highest degree of inconvenience, pain, or suffering; greatest need or peril; extreme need; necessity..

Unnecessity :: Unnecessity (n.) The state of being unnecessary; something unnecessary.

Necessarily :: Necessarily (adv.) In a necessary manner; by necessity; unavoidably; indispensably.

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