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req⋅ui⋅site

[rek-wuh-zit]
–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.

Origin:
1425–75; late ME < L requīsītus ptp. of requīrere to seek; see require, -ite 2


req⋅ui⋅site⋅ly, adverb
req⋅ui⋅site⋅ness, noun


1. needed, needful. See necessary. 2. necessity. See requirement.


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'
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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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