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Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English - Cite This Source - Share This
| Main Entry: | requisite |
| Part of Speech: | adj |
| Definition: | required, necessary; indispensable |
| Etymology: | Latin requirere 'to need' |
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| Main Entry: | requisite |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | something required, necessary, or indispensable |
| Etymology: | Latin requirere 'to need' |
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req·ui·site 
[rek-wuh-zit] Pronunciation Key
—Related forms
[rek-wuh-zit] Pronunciation Key –adjective
–noun
| 1. | required or necessary for a particular purpose, position, etc.; indispensable: the requisite skills of an engineer. |
| 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.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| req·ui·site
(rěk'wĭ-zĭt) Pronunciation Key
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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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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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| requisite | |
adjective | |
| 1. | necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all things needful" [syn: needed] |
noun | |
| 1. | anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained" [syn: necessity] [ant: inessential] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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