Necessary
Necessary , adjective
[Latin necessarius, from necesse unavoidable, necessary; of uncertain origin: compare French 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.
2.
Impossible to be otherwise, or to be dispensed with, without preventing the attainment of a desired result; indispensable; requisite; essential.
'T is necessary he should die.
A certain kind of temper is necessary to the pleasure and quiet of our minds.
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 ({not transcribed}) , noun
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.
(Law) Such things, in respect to infants, lunatics, and married women, as are requisite for support suitable to station.