Necessary: alternatives and connections

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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Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed; superincumbent.

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Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed; superincumbent.

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Not dispensable; impossible to be omitted, remitted, or spared; absolutely necessary or requisite.

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Not dispensable; impossible to be omitted, remitted, or spared; absolutely necessary or requisite.

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Not evitable; incapable of being shunned; unavoidable; certain.

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Not evitable; incapable of being shunned; unavoidable; certain.

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of Need

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of Need

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Full of need; in need or want; needy; distressing.

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Full of need; in need or want; needy; distressing.

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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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of Require

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of Require

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That which is required, or is necessary; something indispensable.

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That which is required, or is necessary; something indispensable.

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Anything desired; that of which the lack is felt; a want generally felt and acknowledge.

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To be obliged; to be necessitated; -- expressing either physical or moral necessity; as, a man must eat for nourishment; we must submit to the laws.

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A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want.

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The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of p…

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Whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, as a separate entity, whether animate or inanimate; any separable or distinguishable object of thought.

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The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite; inevitableness; indispensableness.

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The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite; inevitableness; indispensableness.

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The act of requiring; demand; requisition.

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The act of requiring; demand; requisition.

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That which is required, or is necessary; something indispensable.

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That which is required, or is necessary; something indispensable.

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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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Not dispensable; impossible to be omitted, remitted, or spared; absolutely necessary or requisite.

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Not dispensable; impossible to be omitted, remitted, or spared; absolutely necessary or requisite.

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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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The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite; inevitableness; indispensableness.

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The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite; inevitableness; indispensableness.

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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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The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite; inevitableness; indispensableness.

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The act of requiring; demand; requisition.

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That which is required, or is necessary; something indispensable.

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