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Webster 1913 Edition
Indispensable
Inˊdis-pen′sa-ble
,Adj.
[Pref.
in-
not + dispensable
: cf. F. indispensable
.] 1.
Not dispensable; impossible to be omitted, remitted, or spared; absolutely necessary or requisite.
2.
(Eccl.)
Not admitting dispensation; not subject to release or exemption.
[R.]
The law was moral and
indispensable
. Bp. Burnet.
3.
Unavoidable; inevitable.
[Obs.]
Fuller.
Webster 1828 Edition
Indispensable
INDISPENS'ABLE
,Adj.