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A quorum, or number necessary, for conducting public worship.

ich the proposition connects the predicate and subject, whether by simple, contingent, or necessary assertion; the form of the syllogism, as determined by the quantity and quality of the constituent proposition; mood.

ms of the height in feet or weight in pounds of a column of the same body) which would be necessary to elongate a prismatic body of a transverse section equal to a given unit, as a square inch or foot, to double, or to compress it to half, its original length, were that degree of elongation or compression possible, or…

ent; also, any number of such pieces; coin. To prevent such abuses, ... it has been found necessary ... to affix a public stamp upon certain quantities of such particular metals, as were in those countries commonly made use of to purchase goods. Hence the origin of coined money, and of those public offices called mints…

re than three wheels, and weighing unladen (that is, without water, fuel, or accumulators necessary for propulsion) not more than three hundred weight (336 lbs.).

To be morally required; to be necessary or essential to a certain quality, character, end, or result; as, he must reconsider the matter; he must have been insane. Likewise must the deacons be grave. 1 Tim. iii. 8. Morover, he [a bishop] must have a good report of them which are without. 1 Tim. iii. 7.…

In a necessary manner; by necessity; unavoidably; indispensably.

The quality of being necessary.

To make necessary or indispensable; to render unaviolable. Sickness [might] necessitate his removal from the court. South. This fact necessitates a second line. J. Peile.

The act of making necessary, or the state of being made necessary; compulsion. [R.] bp. Bramhall.

Necessary connection or relation. Between kings and their people, parents and their children, there is so great a necessitude, propriety, and intercourse of nature. Jer. Taylor.

The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite; inevitableness; indispensableness.

That which is needful; anything necessary to be done; (pl.) necessary things; business. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Necessary for supply or relief; requisite. All things needful for defense abound. Dryden. -- Need"ful*ly, adv. -- Need"ful*ness, n.

Not wanted; unnecessary; not requiste; as, needless labor; needless expenses.

Outfit; necessary luggage. [Archaic] Spenser. Carrying each his needments. Wordsworth.

Necessary; requiste. [Obs.] Corn to make your needy bread. Shak.

Absence of necessity; the quality or state of being unnecessary.

e limited sense, the process by which the living tissues take up, from the blood, matters necessary either for their repair or for the performance of their healthy functions.

To anticipate; to prevent by interception; to remove from the way or path; to make unnecessary; as, to obviate the necessity of going. To lay down everything in its full light, so as to obviate all exceptions. Woodward.