requisite
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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.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | absolutely essential; indispensable |
| —n | |
| 2. | something indispensable; necessity |
| [C15: from Latin requisītus sought after, from requīrere to seek for, | |
| 'requisitely | |
| —adv | |
| 'requisiteness | |
| —n | |
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Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon
| 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' |
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Word Origin & History
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.
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Example sentences
Amazingly, any publication that accepted an ad without the requisite certification was subject to criminal penalties.
Anyone of requisite age and mental state can get married.
The requisite action, reduction, or withdrawal of the drug is likely to be strongly opposed by the patient.
Only nuclear power had sufficient bang to propel the requisite payloads into space.
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