KJV Dictionary Definition: necessaries

necessaries

NECESSARIES, n. plu. from necessary Things necessary for some purpose; as the necessaries of life.

necessariness

NECESSARINESS, n. The state of being necessary.

necessary

NECESSARY, a.

1. That must be; that cannot be otherwise; indispensably requisite. It is necessary that every effect should have a cause.

2. Indispensable; requisite; essential; that cannot be otherwise without preventing the purpose intended. Air is necessary to support animal life; food is necessary to nourish the body; holiness is a necessary qualification for happiness; health is necessary to the enjoyment of pleasure; subjection to law is necessary to the safety of persons and property.

3. Unavoidable; as a necessary inference or consequence from facts or arguments.

4. Acting from necessity or compulsion; opposed to free. Whether man is a necessary or a free agent is a question much discussed.

NECESSARY, n. A privy.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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