Category:Necessary

Nec"es*sa*ry, a. Etym: [l. necessarius, from necesse unavoidable, Necessary; of uncertain origin: cf. F. nécessaire.]

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.

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)

Defn: such things, in respect to infants, lunatics, and married Women, as are requisite for support suitable to station.