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Webster 1913 Edition
Requisite
Req′ui-site
(r?k′w?-z?t)
, Noun.
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.
Req′ui-site
,Adj.
Required by the nature of things, or by circumstances; so 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
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Requisite
REQ'UISITE
,Adj.
Required by the nature of things or by circumstances; necessary; so needful that it cannot be dispensed with. Repentance and faith are requisite to salvation. Air is requisite to support life. Heat is requisite to vegetation.
REQ'UISITE
,Noun.
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.
Definition 2024
requisite
requisite
English
Adjective
requisite (comparative more requisite, superlative most requisite)
Synonyms
- necessary
- See also Wikisaurus:requisite
Related terms
Translations
essential; required
Noun
requisite (plural requisites)
- An indispensable item; a requirement.
- 1861, John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism:
- But this something, what is it, unless the happiness of others, or some of the requisites of happiness?
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Hyponyms
Portuguese
Verb
requisite
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of requisitar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of requisitar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of requisitar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of requisitar