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req⋅ui⋅site
[rek-wuh-zit] 
wə
–adjective
| 1. | required or necessary for a particular purpose, position, etc.; indispensable: the requisite skills of an engineer. |
–noun
| 2. | something requisite; a necessary quality, thing, etc. |
Related forms:
req⋅ui⋅site⋅ly, adverb
req⋅ui⋅site⋅ness, noun
Antonyms:
1. dispensable. 2. luxury.
1. dispensable. 2. luxury.
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| req·ui·site (rěk'wĭ-zĭt) adj. Required; essential. See Synonyms at indispensable. n. Something that is indispensable; a requirement. [Middle English, from Latin requīsītus, past participle of requīrere, to require; see require.] req'ui·site·ly adv., req'ui·site·ness n. |
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| Main Entry: | requisite |
| Part of Speech: | adj |
| Definition: | required, necessary; indispensable |
| Etymology: | Latin requirere 'to need' |
| Main Entry: | requisite |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | something required, necessary, or indispensable |
| Etymology: | Latin requirere 'to need' |
Requisite
Req"ui*site\ (r?k"w?-z?t), n. That which is required, or is necessary; something indispensable. God, on his part, has declared the requisites on ours; what we must do to obtain blessings, is the great business of us all to know. --Wake.Requisite
Req"ui*site\, a. [L. requisitus, p. p. requirere; pref. re- re- + quaerere to ask. See Require.] Required by the nature of things, or by circumstances; ?? needful that it can not be dispensed with; necessary indispensable. All truth requisite for men to know. --Milton. Syn: Necessary; needful; indispensable; essential. -- Req"ui*site*ly, adv. -- Req"ui*site*ness, n.
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requisite
1472, from L. requisitus, pp. of requirere (see require). The noun requisition is attested from 1503, from O.Fr. requisition, from L. requisitionem (nom. requisitio) "a searching," from requisitus; the verb is recorded from 1837.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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