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Definition of Necessary
Necessary

Such as must be; impossible to be otherwise; not to be avoided; inevitable.

Impossible to be otherwise, or to be dispensed with, without preventing the attainment of a desired result; indispensable; requiste; essential.

Acting from necessity or compulsion; involuntary; -- opposed to free; as, whether man is a necessary or a free agent is a question much discussed.

A thing that is necessary or indispensable to some purpose; something that one can not do without; a requisite; an essential; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the necessaries of life.

A privy; a water-closet.

Such things, in respect to infants, lunatics, and married women, as are requisite for support suitable to station.

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Necessary Quotations

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.
Bill Cosby

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
Edmund Burke

So it is necessary that we should learn to be alone.
Anna Neagle

Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.
St. Francis of Assisi

What is best and most necessary usually happens.
Knute Nelson

Necessary Translations

necessary in Afrikaans is nodig
necessary in Dutch is nodig, benodigd
necessary in Italian is necessario, necessario, occorrente
necessary in Latin is necessarius, necessarius, necesse
necessary in Spanish is necesario, necesitario

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