In`dis*pen"sa*ble (?), a. [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.

 

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