Qualified to criticise, or pass judgment upon, literary or artistic productions.
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Not dispensable; impossible to be omitted, remitted, or spared; absolutely necessary or requisite.
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Qualified to criticise, or pass judgment upon, literary or artistic productions.
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Qualified to criticise, or pass judgment upon, literary or artistic productions.
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Such as must be; impossible to be otherwise; not to be avoided; inevitable.
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Such as must be; impossible to be otherwise; not to be avoided; inevitable.
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Binding in law or conscience; imposing duty or obligation; requiring performance or forbearance of some act; -- often followed by on or upon; as, obe…
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Binding in law or conscience; imposing duty or obligation; requiring performance or forbearance of some act; -- often followed by on or upon; as, obe…
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Belonging or relating to life, either animal or vegetable; as, vital energies; vital functions; vital actions.
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Belonging or relating to life, either animal or vegetable; as, vital energies; vital functions; vital actions.
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Indispensableness.
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Indispensableness.
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The state or quality of being indispensable, or absolutely necessary.
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The state or quality of being indispensable, or absolutely necessary.
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Quality of being dispensable.
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Quality of being dispensable.
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Belonging to the essence, or that which makes an object, or class of objects, what it is.
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Belonging to the essence, or that which makes an object, or class of objects, what it is.
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Such as must be; impossible to be otherwise; not to be avoided; inevitable.
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Such as must be; impossible to be otherwise; not to be avoided; inevitable.
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Belonging to the essence, or that which makes an object, or class of objects, what it is.
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Capable of being dispensed or administered.
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Capable of being dispensed or administered.
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